What makes the BLUE LAVA Original so appealing? For starters, Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario points out, the guitar ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans and up-and-comers suggests that the idiom remains very healthy.

Derek Trucks has always been known as a guitar savant. Ever since he started playing with The Allman Brothers Band at 19 years old, Trucks has been playing the blues arguably better than some of ...

Young blues phenom D.K. Harrell is an award-winning musician who was homeless just two years ago. Skip to content. All Sections. ... B.B. King, blues, guitar icon, dies at 89 “Oh, man!

He added: “Whatever can help the blues stay alive, I’m all for it, and I will try anything. I said, I don’t know if I’m good enough to do that.

Göransson found a 1932 Dobro Cyclops, which became the hero slide guitar for the surreal musical tribute to the blues, which was shot live as a oner IMAX 65mm. “I grew up with blues around me ...

Bonamassa has released more than 40 albums, has 28 No. 1 hits on the Billboard blues album chart and has been hailed as “arguably the world’s biggest blues guitarist” by Guitar World.

Described by blues-rock titan and mentor Buddy Guy as “the next explosion of the blues,” 25-year-old Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has wowed fans and critics alike with his incendiary guitar ...

On this day (August 27) in 1990, the music world lost the masterful blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan, who was 35, was killed in a helicopter crash after jamming with Eric Clapton and ...

Carl Weathersby received early encouragement to play guitar from Albert King and later played rhythm in King's band. He was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.

Samantha Fish on blues guitar heroes, Slash, and the need to “push boundaries” to keep the art alive. Richard Bienstock. Fri, August 9, 2024 at 9:47 AM UTC. 10 min read.

John Mayall, the British blues-rocker whose bands included top musicians, died at 90, months from his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...