From the players of old to the guitarists shaping the blues scene, this list serves up a cross section of the genre’s finest solos from across nearly a century of guitar blues ...

Bonamassa has released more than 40 albums, has 28 No. 1 hits on the Billboard blues album chart and has been hailed as “arguably the world’s biggest blues guitarist” by Guitar World.

The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched ...

A true child prodigy, Joe Bonamassa opened for B.B. King at age 12. The prolific performer also supports the careers of ...

As the musical form began to evolve, Delta blues artists often worked solo, accompanying themselves on guitar or harmonica. Bottleneck and slide guitar, a rough and rhythmic intensity, and raw ...

Massey’s new album, Been a Long, Long Time, is named for its lead-off cut. However, the title could also reflect the fact ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs ... What we usually think of as Delta blues is one person with a guitar, typically a slide guitar, and that real raw ...

We spoke to Robert Randolph, The Teskey brothers, Taj Farrant and , Kanchan Daniel, about the past and future of blues.

Blues guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa and former Van Halen frontman ... and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama. More about artists “Crafted for the true metal ...

Born on March 20, 1915, in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, Tharpe began playing guitar at the age of four ... In 1964, Tharpe joined Muddy Waters and other blues artists on the American Folk Blues ...

Dallas-born saxophonist Vanessa Collier has won three Blues Music Awards in the horn player category. But don’t pigeonhole ...