The lingering smell of a Sunday afternoon downpour clung to Lebreton Flats’ grassy lawns on the fourth day of Bluesfest. It set a mellow, chilled-out vibe before headliner Shania Twain took to the ...

Lonnie Johnson’s Blues & Ballads gets an audiophile-grade vinyl reissue via Bluesville and Craft. Intimate, detailed blues for hot summer nights. As summer kicks into high gear and the heat starts ...

The opening number “I Want to Be Happy” sets out the mission of pleasing the paying patrons. The original text of this 99-year-old showtune goes “...but I won’t be happy ‘til I make you happy, too,” ...

Bandits, Ballads and Blues is almost certainly the final album by James Talley, the Nashville singer-songwriter who cemented his place in history as one of the great musical storytellers with a ...

Dave Pomeroy — revered session bassist, president of the Nashville Musicians Association and international vice president of the American Federation of Musicians — is talking about an album he ...

This isn’t a book for the fainthearted. It’s certainly not for the puritanical. This magnificent, raunchy exploration of early blues lyrics contains references so scabrous they would make a pirate ...

Dead & Company: blues, ballads, and lots of drums for ‘One More Saturday Night’ at Fenway As long as the band’s legacy continues to evolve in some way, shape, or form, there’s no sign that it will be ...

Pianist McCoy Tyner is best known for being a member of the John Coltrane Quartet beginning in 1960. During those years, Tyner re-invented the piano as a highly percussive, stirring instrument that ...

The American pianist’s current trio has been together for over a decade, yet this set of covers is their first release since 2012. Each track is a beautifully crafted, richly detailed miniature with ...

Guitarist Luther Dickinson had always dreamed of having his own songbook, a timeless collection of his work, transcribed as lyrics and sheet music. “I was mainly self-taught in the early years,” the ...

The newly released DVD Ballads, Blues, and Bluegrass is a piece of Greenwich Village history unlike any I have ever seen. Back in 1961, Alan Lomax was approached by an English producer to film ...

Since releasing his first solo album in 1994, Texas guitarist and singer Jimmie Vaughan has set the standard for modern roots music. Known for his retro cool flavor and uncluttered style, he and the ...