Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

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Among the most highly regarded of today's jazz guitarists, John Scofield doesn't think that much about styles and genres. He's a guitar player, and a great one. As such, he's had the chance to perform ...

What it did: Popularised Johnson’s great creation myth – that his fame was the result of a deal made with the Devil at a rural crossroads. What came next: Johnson died at 27, cementing his Faustian ...

In a touching viral video, Jamynne Bowles' deaf English bulldog appears to be jamming to the sounds of a person playing the blues on an acoustic guitar - perhaps by sensing the vibrations, and ...

If you play anything inside of the larger genre of rock music, the chances are it has descended from the blues in some capacity. Whatever era of rock-based guitar music you love, you’ll be able to ...

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 1, 2016 / Mike Nagoda, a Canadian LGBT blues guitarist and recording artists with Ropeadope Records, is pleased to announce the release of his new album, Mike ...

COYLE — Concerts in the Woods will present “A Night of Blues Guitar with John Long and John ‘Greyhound’ Maxwell” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The concert will be at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, ...

COYLE — John “Greyhound” Maxwell will bring the blues to Concerts in the Woods at 3 p.m. Sunday. “Blues guitar music is a beautiful thing when done well and our next guest is one who does it right,” ...

When you're looking to refresh your blues guitar vocabulary, you can turn things around with these characteristic and enduring motifs One of the staples of blues playing, both ancient and modern, is ...