The fusion subgenre known as blues rock came together in the early 1960s in the US and UK. It didn’t really kick off in a massive way until the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which some of the ...

A solid guitar riff makes songs memorable, and Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, and these others delivered some of ...

These two anthologies, Thriving on a Riff: Jazz and Blues Influences in African-American Literature and Film,” and The Hearing Eye: Jazz and Blues Influences in African-American Visual Art can be read ...

Surf City Middle School students will receive free harmonicas and hands-on music instruction during a “Blues in the Schools” ...

In addition to at least three full tabs of classic and contemporary songs from your favourite artists, every issue of TG features three full-song Video Lessons and a Riff Of The Month for the more ...

A common theme of blues music is that of the second chance. Be it jilted lovers or unemployed derelicts, many blues songs tell the tale of a narrator lamenting loss and seeking redemption. In that ...

It’s difficult to narrow down the foundational guitar riffs of rock music. Like everything, music evolves while songwriters borrow, steal, and recycle what’s come before. The most iconic riffs are ...