Robert Lockwood Jr., a Delta blues guitarist who became the torchbearer of Robert Johnson’s guitar legacy and a revered musician in his own right, died Tuesday at University Hospitals Case ...

Robert Lockwood Jr., a Delta blues guitarist who became the torchbearer of Robert Johnson’s guitar legacy and a revered musician in his own right, died Tuesday at University Hospitals Case ...

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has made a big impression after bursting upon the scene. Indeed, Rolling Stone Magazine wrote, ...

The film “Anacostia Delta: Home of the World’s Great ‘Unknown’ Guitarists” promises to shed light on the lasting influence of guitarist Danny Gatton and the music of D.C. and Prince ...

Celebrate the artistry of Black guitarists and learn how they influenced genres from blues to rock and beyond.

There was no Delta blues before there were cheap, readily available steel-string guitars. And those guitars, which transformed American culture, were brought to the boondocks by Sears, Roebuck & Co.

In the Mississippi birthplace of the blues, the music pours from the clubs and juke joints. You won't find it more authentic than this. Delta, land of sweet misery - Los Angeles Times ...

Skip James is another early blues artist, known for playing the piano and guitar in what is known as the Bentonia style of blues, named after his hometown on the outskirts of the Mississippi Delta.

The Blues By Budweiser concert series will feature The Chad Marshall Band at 8 p.m. Saturday at RJ’s Grill & Bar, 128 S. Main St. The doors will open at 7 p.m. Port City Blues Society members ...

PHILADELPHIA — Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago’s electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75.

Born in Torrance, Miss., in 1937, he grew up in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. ... He moved to Grenada at age 11 and met Magic Sam, an older guitarist and influential blues figure.