John Hammond, the Grammy‑winning blues singer and guitarist whose career honored the Delta blues across six decades, died at the age of 83.

The music world was rocked this week by the news that iconic guitarist Roy Book Binder has died. He was 82. According to reports, Binder died after a long battle with illness. Fans and fellow ...

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This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Those who argue that the blues is dying as a musical artform have obviously never visited Atlanta. Not only are we fortunate to have a vibrant blues ...

Renowned blues guitarist John Hammond, who won a Grammy and was nominated for several others, died over the weekend. He was ...

Fatou Seidi Ghali sparked a revolution - simply by becoming the first ever woman to play the guitar in the Desert Blues scene ...

Why are the blues the lingua franca of guitarists everywhere? Why is the 1959 sunburst Les Paul one of the most coveted axes in the universe? The answer to both questions has a lot to do with ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

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Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and ...