Muddy Waters

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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Rock Stones 

England’s Oldest Hit Makers: The Rolling Stones at 60

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1964, 60th anniversary, Bill Wyman, Bo Diddley, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Howlin' Wolf, Keith Richards, Little Walter, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones

Reflections on the roots of the group’s debut LP

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Blues Rock 

Hot, Blue and Righteous: ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres at 50

July 28, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Albert Collins, Billy Gibbons, Brownie McGhee, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Terry Manning, Tres Hombres, ZZ Top

Making the case for the trio’s third album being their greatest

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Rock Roots 

Daddy Long Legs: Back On The Street

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Brian Hurd, Charley Patton, Daddy Long Legs, Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, Josh Styles, Muddy Waters, Murat Akturk, Slim Harpo, Son House, Street Sermons, Willie Dixon, Yep Roc

A chat with frontman Brian Hurd about the band’s hot new album

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Records 

Record Store Day 2023: What To Buy

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 3 Comments 2023, Carole King, Debra Iyall, Dolly Parton, John Lennon, Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, Record Store Day, Romeo Void, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Doors, The Happy Dragon Band, Violent Femmes

Digging for the deep gems from this year’s list so you don’t have to

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Blues 

Revisiting An Influential Chicago Blues Classic

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Buddy Guy, Chance Records, Chicago, Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Craft Recordings, Eddie "Porkchop" Hines, Elmore James, George Mayweather, J.B. Hutto, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sonny Boy Williamson

Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1 is out now via Craft Recordings

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Blues 

Montreux Mud

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bill Evans, Blues, BMG, guitar, live album, Miles Davis, Montreux, Muddy Waters, O9, Soft Machine, The Montreux Years, Weather Report

A new compilation collects the best moments of blues legend Muddy Waters’ three trips to Switzerland

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Blues 

Bobby Rush: Back to the Raw Roots of The Blues

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Black Lives Matter, Bobby Rush, Chitlin Circuit, Howin’ Wolf, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, Rawer Than Raw, Skip James

At 86, the blues great pays homage to the Mississippi masters who guide his path

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Blues Remembrance 

Blues Giant Lucky Peterson Gone at 55

May 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Coronavirus, Lucky Peterson, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, PBS, Soul

Child prodigy turned renowned statesman kept the blues alive and well in the 21st century

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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Blues 

Dave Specter Explores The Blues From The Inside Out

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues From The Inside Out, Brother John Kattke, Dave Specter, Delmark Records, Howlin' Wolf, Jorma Kaukonen, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Sarah Marie Young

An exclusive chat with the modern day master of classic Chicago blues

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Blues 

A Half Century of Muddy Waters’ Greatest Album

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Chess Records, Fathers & Sons, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters

The RNR Globe dives further into the legacy of Fathers and Sons in its 50th year

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Blues 

B.B. and Muddy and the Summer of ’69

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush

Two blues giants and the pair of classics they delivered for the Woodstock era

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Blues 

Luv in Vain

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, Ron Wood, The Rolling Stones

A look into the crucial new blues anthology curated by the Rolling Stones

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Blues Remembrance 

In Memoriam: Eddie C. Campbell

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 James Porter 1 Comment Chicago, Chicago Blues, Eddie C. Campbell, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush

The West Side Chicago blues great was 79

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