LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A ...

This 4xCD set offers a look at mid-20th century Detroit blues, anchored by a generous selection of rarities by John Lee Hooker. Despite its subtitle, Garden City Blues doesn’t really chronicle a scene ...

Muddy Waters once sang: "the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll." But it's more than rock… the blues makes a strong case for itself as the most influential sound in American music ...

Special to the SentinelWhen Triple Play acquired over 300 classic jazz LPs as a part of a very large collection of records we purchased from an estate in Rangely, I took home every record that had ...

Charles Steadham is no stranger to blues music. He has been playing the blues for years, performing in venues across the South. Not once was he afraid to play onstage in front of a crowd or even to ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...

And Spotlight On Drums: Art Blakey - Sabu (Horace Silver); Safari; Ecaroh; Prelude To A Kiss; Message From Kenya; Horoscope; Yeah!; How About You; I Remember You; Opus De Funk; Nothing But Soul; ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, musical heir to a long line of blues greats from the Mississippi Delta, has been compared to the likes of B.B. King. But while the legendary guitarist is one of Ingram's ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

A young Dickie Peterson, lead singer for Blue Cheer, performs their version of "Summertime Blues" for a TV show, circa late 1960s or early 1970s. [email protected] October 22, 2009 at 5:00 ...