Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said.

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Sammie plays “This Little Light of Mine” on the guitar with a blues flourish. He finishes the song, and then he looks up. We don’t see what he is looking at. The camera only looks at his face, so what ...

Ryan Coogler's mesmerizing Sinners is gloriously steeped in the blues: Among the most obvious nods to the form are the names ...

Composer Ludwig Göransson made 'the devil's music' with the 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which was used in for the surreal musical ...

The following is a conversation between Robert Daniels and Odie Henderson conducted over email about Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” a Southern Gothic horror flick starring Michael B Jordan in the dual ...

Every guitarist is always about getting the right feel for a song, but Eric Clapton felt that there are few who could match some guitarists' touch.

For Coogler, the scope, twists, and turns of the “Sinners” were all a part of his curation process. “I wanted the movie to ...

Get ready for a night of authentic American blues in Estepona. On Saturday, the Richard Ray Farrell Trio will take the stage ...