The blues genre has never been totally obsolete. However, in the ever-changing music industry, the genre has seemingly taken a back seat in favor of other types of music. It’s a shame, but it is ...

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Fantastic Negrito’s life has been a series of reinventions.

Whether it’s the fuzz-fuelled lo-fi riffing of The White Stripes and The Black Keys or the Zeppelin-like hard rock sensibilities of Rival Sons and Greta Van Fleet, it’s fair to say that blues guitar ...

When Ruthie Foster steps onto the stage, strap yourself in. Her shows are roller coasters that take you from the valleys of Son House to the peaks of Bob Marley, with dips and dives, twists and turns ...

St. Louis singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge has been traveling the country since he left his home in Central Illinois during his teen years. From those humble beginnings, LaFarge has gone on to play the ...

Alongside old hands, Scott, multi-instrumentalist Steve Wickham and drummer Ralph Salmins, Modern Blues sees the band’s ever-changing line-up welcome aboard keyboardist “Brother” Paul Brown and ...

Rolling Stones’ new cover album reflects on Chicago’s great blues players of the past, as current scene flourishes and reflects on city’s violence in new ways When he’s not driving a city bus on the ...

Since critics adopted the title of an early single, The Big Music, to describe their mystic brew, the Waterboys have fluctuated between folk and rock. Their 11th album, recorded in Nashville, finds ...

The Waterboys relocate to Nashville for an album where Elvis rubs shoulders with Kerouac, and Mike Scott reminisces about a girl who “slept for Scotland” or relentlessly mansplains to Rosalind that ...