The rock world lost a great with the passing of John Lodge on October 10, 2025. Here are four tracks he spearheaded with The ...

As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of ...

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes plays his guitar in front of the Blue Front Café in Bentonia, Miss. JACKSON, Miss. — Blues is inspired by place — the railroads, fields and slaughterhouses where the musicians once ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

After Lodge and Hayward joined the group, The Moody Blues evolved from an R&B outfit to a more experimental psychedelic and melodic rock band, starting with the group’s landmark 1967 symphonic concept ...

“I wanted an album of songs that were strong and memorable and told stories that were worth telling,” Dion said in a statement announcing the record. “The blues have been at the heart of my music ...

Of all the bands in the 1960s that cracked open the colors of new musical possibilities, few are as underappreciated as The Moody Blues. The Moodies are widely beloved but taken for granted. They’ve ...

You could say that the songs on Shemekia Copeland’s new album, “Uncivil War,” include rocking shuffles, a showstopping slow blues and a New Orleans-style second-line groove, or that among the guest ...

Before speaking with D.K. Harrell, we asked Joe Bonamassa if he had any thoughts he’d like to share on the fast-rising blues star. And indeed, he did. Via email, Bonamassa wrote: "When I first heard D ...

The idea of Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule doing a blues album seems so obvious. In fact, you might swear that they'd surely already done one by now, being a band for more than 25 years. But Heavy Load ...