On Wednesday night, Cafe Nine hosted a gem of a show to a small but captivated audience. Blues and rock were the musical selling points, but the artists who shared the stage all brought an extra ...

The promotional sheet for Vintage Trouble describes the act as blues/funk/rock. While that’s true, they left out some major ingredients to the Californian-based quartet’s sound: soul and gospel. Those ...

Suzi Quatro. Freedom, a whiskey-soaked blues rock powerhouse blending raw attitude, Detroit roots, and unforgettable hooks.

With this year’s Blues on Belgrade, set for Saturday on lower North Mankato’s main street, Jake Downs is again showing that persistence pays off. Band schedules don’t always work out for them to play ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

Somebody asked Muddy Waters what his blues meant. His reply: "Trouble." "What I meant was that the blues – from the gutbucket, alley blues, which I can offer, right straight up to the sophisticated, ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans and up-and-comers suggests that the idiom remains very healthy. The ...