Mentorship has always been a huge part of learning how to play blues music. For Selwyn Birchwood, that inspiration and those ...

" Frankenstein " by The Edgar Winter Group climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, turning a sprawling live jam into one ...

From the birth of the electric riff to the digital revolution, these 37 records redefined the boundaries of modern sound ...

SAN DIEGO — Welcome to this year’s exciting edition of “Watching a Red-Faced Music Critic Paint Himself Into a Corner!” The critic in question is, well, me. The corner I have painted myself into is ...

This is the first in a series of stories highlighting the influential Hall of Fame musicians featured on the Southeast ...

Bitchin’ chords, You just need two notes to make ‘em, And they don’t even need to be the right ones.” Rad Berms is the debut ...

Spend a day in New Orleans without your wallet and discover how much of Louisiana's character lives in spaces that ask ...

Our favorites from one of the all-time greats in advance of her 60th birthday this Saturday (May 16).

Even though other instruments, like guitars, drums, and bass, get more attention, there is something incredibly appealing about a good saxophone riff in a hit song. According to a notable list, the ...

All hail the guitar solo — one of the most indestructibly great art forms in all of modern music. There’s nothing quite like ...

A blast of distorted blues riffs, shouted vocals, and stripped-down swagger defines the sound of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a group that emerged in the early 1990s with a deliberate disregard for ...