The Chicago-born guitarist has worked with Magic Sam, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Sitt and the Sun Ra Arkestra – and ...

Downtown Tacoma Blues And Jazz Festival 2025 article by Geoff Anderson, published on September 6, 2025 at All About Jazz.

Rigs big and small feature in a career that’s seen Isaiah Sharkey become a master of jazz, R&B, gospel, blues – and he hopes ...

Blues guitarists have had their fair share of inspirational material across the last few tumultuous years. However, from blues rock titans to jaw-dropping jazz players, your end of year pick of the ...

Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player ...

Lonnie Johnson was the “governor” of blues guitar in the 1920’s. His playing combined incredibly fast melodic runs with evocative blues licks. His playing was the forerunner of jazz and rock guitar.

NEW YORK — Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player ...

You didn’t just hear B.B. King or Lightnin’ Hopkins all day. They played everybody — horn players, keyboard players, guitar players, gospel, jazz, blues. We don’t have that no more.

With a lineup of more than 20 acts, the New Blues Festival is taking place at Shoreline Aquatic Park on Aug. 23-24, featuring traditional and contemporary blues music on two stages.

On a 1930s recording of "Good Morning Blues," Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter mutters over his guitar accompaniment, "Never a white man had the blues, nothin' to worry about" -- an attitude that ...

Best of 2022: The blues is alive and thriving in 2022 – and you clearly felt it too judging by your choices for the players of the year, alongside your pick of the best of soul and jazz guitarists.