Joe Bonamassa plays Albert King's 1971 custom-built "Lucy" Flying V-style guitar made by Dan Erlewine. After the 1960s blues boom, the genre began to lose traction as rock, metal, punk, rap and ...
The youngest band to perform at the recent Baton Rouge Blues Festival, the Juke Joint Juniors feature middle and high school students enrolled in the West Baton Rouge Museum’s Blues After School ...
ST. LOUIS - In celebration of the enduring spirit and impact of blues music - the eponymous genre that gave this hockey team its name back in 1967 - the St. Louis Blues today debuted the opening notes ...
Applehead performing at re:HAB Bar On The Bayou. Credit: Photo by William Allen Ralston I first Met Dennis Clapp aka Applehead in Rehab back in February of this year on my birthday; no not the type of ...
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...
Van Broussard, the beloved swamp pop singer from Prairieville, died early Tuesday at 83 at his home. For six decades, Broussard’s local and regional performances drew hundreds of devoted fans wherever ...
It is impossible for Ryan Coogler to talk about his creative process and not discuss his family. The two are inseparable. While on this week's episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, an ...
New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...
On Nov. 14, nine days after the 2024 election, violinist Dave Kline had a booking at Blues Alley that he called “The After Party.” The aptly named Dave Kline Band (whose music might best be described ...