Brother of acclaimed guitarist Syl Johnson, the late Jimmy Johnson was a singular player who was a mainstay of his city's ...

Recorded live at a New York club, this big-band album features vivid performances of Evans’s brilliant, bluesy charts.

jazz, rock and blues, providing what they call “the New Sound of NYC/North Jersey Blues.” Their debut album, "The Skin I’m In," earned a Blues Blast 2024 Music Awards Nomination for “Best ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ... was not a young man when he won a Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Award for “Porcupine Meat” in 2017.

His amplified style and jazz-influenced phrasing set a new standard for ... Etta James to the virtuosic guitar work of Stevie Ray Vaughan, these albums cover the full spectrum of blues music. They ...

Roberta Flack, the gifted rhythm and blues singer ... as well as covers of popular records play to the performers’ strengths. “Mood,” the concluding instrumental of the album, is an intimate ...

Kelela’s new album doesn’t start ... as well as covers of Betty Carter’s “30 Years” and Joni Mitchell’s “Furry Sings the Blues”) and fine-tune their raw, emotive sound.

According to the sleeve, the cartoons on the cover were created by ... and illustrating this underground sex-blues album. After all, his regular music career carried on throughout this period, ...

The influence of those great old R&B, jump blues and jazz ... The album — which mixes a batch of ebullient Tariq originals (including first single “Flapjack”) with covers of songs by Walker ...

More: Detroit Symphony Orchestra cuts jazz groove on Wynton Marsalis 'Blues Symphony' album As previously reported ... Detroit-inspired cover design. Tuesday’s event also served as a launch ...

The acclaimed singer-songwriter also dropped a single to introduce the project. By Kyle Denis After teasing a “new era” on Instagram last week (Jan. 25), Kelela kept the wait short and sweet ...

stripped-down reworkings of fan favorites like “Bank Head,” “Blue Light,” “Take Me Apart,” and her second album Raven, along with a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Furry Sings The Blues.” ...