Masaki Rush, wife of Otis Rush, announced that highly influential Chicago blues musician Otis Rush, died September 29, 2018 due to complications from a stroke…
Otis Rush, Legendary Chicago Blues Guitarist, Dies at 84
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Guitarist Ana Popovic Motivates the Ladies
Ana Popovic – Like It On Top (ArtisteXclusive Records, 2018) Ana Popovic is one of the finest guitarists in the blues scene. She’s a role…
Laid Back Blues and Latin
StringShot – Blues and Latin (Chops Not Chaps Records, 2018) Stringshot brings together three virtuoso musicians from various musical genres: slide guitarist and vocalist Roy…
The Wholehearted Encounter of Guadeloupe and the Blues
Delgres – Mo Jodi (PIAS, 2018) Mo Jodi (Die Today) is the debut album of Delres, a French band that connects the music of Guadeloupe…
Thornetta Davis Earns the 2017 International Songwriting Competition Blues Award
Thornetta Davis’s song I Believe Everything Gonna Be Alright is the winner of the 2017 International Songwriting Competition in the blues category. Altered Five Blues…
Bonnie Raitt Receives 2018 Folk Alliance International People’s Voice Award
Singer, songwriter and musician Bonnie Raitt has earned the Folk Alliance International’s 2018 People’s Voice Award. Presented annually, the award is intended to honor individuals…
Artist Profiles: Vassar Clements
Vassar Clements was one the United States’ most versatile fiddle players. His career began at a very early age. His phenomenal ability to virtually play…
Searing and Exuberant Robert Randolph
Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Got Soul (Sony Masterworks, 2017) Robert Randolph puts his latest recording with The Family Band called Got Soul…
Artist Profiles: The Lee Boys
Part of the “Sacred Steel” movement, Florida band the Lee Boys (most of whom are related) put pedal steel guitar at the front of their…
Artist profiles: Ysaye Barnwell
Ysaye Barnwell joined Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1979 and along with Bernice Johnson Reagon became one of the group’s main spokeswomen. Barnwell holds…