Blues

Blues Rock 

Buddy Red Burns It Down

April 24, 2026May 26, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atlanta, Austin, Buddy Red, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Ryan Coogler, Sinners, Stubb's Bar-B-Q, T.I., Texas

A chat with rising blues star and second generation artist

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Blues Rock 

The ‘Madness’ of Warren Haynes

February 12, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 2026, Gov't Mule, Megaforce Records, Ordinary Tales of Madness, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Allman Brothers Band, Warren Haynes

Guitar icon revisits his debut LP on Megaforce Records

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Blues Rock 

ZZ Top Returns to New York City

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Beacon Theatre, Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill Hill, Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, Manny’s Music, New York City, Terry Manning, ZZ Top

Catching up with Billy F. Gibbons ahead of their anticipated Beacon Theatre gig 

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Blues Psychedelics Rock 

Buddy Red Sells His ‘Soul’

August 15, 2025October 19, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atlanta, Buddy Red, Georgia, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Sold His Soul

Listen to the latest single from rising blues lion

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African Blues Gospel 

‘Never Turn Back’ and the Lasting Power of Music

June 22, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2025, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, MoPOP, Muddy Waters, Museum of Pop Culture, Never Turn Back, Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music, Seattle, Washington

A look inside a very special MoPOP exhibit

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Blues 

Reed Turchi: The Blues Before and After

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Ardent Records, Blues, Jim Dickinson, John Fry, Memphis, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Reed Turchi, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, World On Fire

Ardent Records’ former A&R man returns to his roots

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Blues Rock 

ZZ Top’s Frank Beard Leaves Tour

March 15, 2025March 16, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Billy F Gibbons, Elevation Tour, Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, John Douglas, ZZ Top

Acclaimed drummer temporarily off the road to address health concern

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Blues 

Lost B.B. King Band Revealed on Live LP

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1977, B.B. King, Deep Digs, Elemental Music, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival, Zev Feldman

In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival showcases rare 7-piece unit

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Blues Rock 

A Eulogy for John Mayall

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Eric Clapton, John Mayall, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, RIP

The British blues pioneer was 90

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Alternative Rock Blues Folk Rock 

Mark Lanegan’s Bubblegum Receives 20th Anniversary Reissue

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2004, Beggars Arkive, Beggars Banquet, Bubblegum, Bubblegum XX, Josh Homme, MARK LANEGAN, Screaming Trees, Troy Van Leeuwen

4LP/3CD set due out August 23rd on Beggars Arkive

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Blues North Americana Rock 

Posthumous Justin Townes Earle Album Announced

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, ALL IN: Unreleased and Rarities (The New West Years), Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Ike Turner, John Prine, Justin Townes Earle, Mance Lipscomb, New West Records, Paul Simon

ALL IN: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years) due out August 9th

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Blues Experimental Rock 

The Children… and the Long Road to A Sudden Craving

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Cop Shoot Cop, Gothic, Human Impact, Jim Coleman, Michael Wiener, New York City, Phil Puleo, Swans, The Children...

The gothic-blues-ambient supergroup talk their years-in-the-making second album

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Blues Rock 

Joe Grushecky in the House

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2024, Bruce Springsteen, Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology, Joe Grushecky, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, Omnivore Recordings

An exclusive chat with the Iron City rock icon about his new career retrospective

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Blues Hard Rock Rock 

Carmine Appice: Still Kicking Against the Pricks with Cactus

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Sheehan, Blue Murder, Cactus, Carmine Appice, Cleopatra Records, Dee Snider, Fernando Perdomo, Jim McCarty, Joe Bonamassa, Mark Stein, Pat Travers, Randy Jackson, Rudy Sarzo, Ted Nugent, Temple of Blues: Influences and Friends, Vanilla Fudge, Vernon Reid, Warren Haynes

Talking with the legendary drummer about his longtime band’s guest-heavy new album, Blue Murder, King Kobra and more

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Blues Folk Indie Rock 

Beck and the Blues

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, Calvin Johnson, K Records, Love As Laughter, Mellow Gold, One Foot in the Grave, Sam Jayne

30 years ago, the slacker icon took a sideways turn with One Foot in the Grave

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