In the early ‘60s, Buddy Guy’s livewire guitar playing with blues stars like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf wowed soon-to-be ...

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Here’s a preview of touring stand-up comics coming to New Orleans this summer. May 18 Modi, Orpheum Theater May 21 Lisandra ...

The "secret history" of prison music and five seminal albums created or recorded behind bars is the subject of a new book.

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J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf will receive an honorary degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design at its 2026 ...

The day after he releases his first album “Roots & Wings” on the prestigious Blind Pig Records label on May 29, Middletown guitarist Amani Burnham turns 21 years old. It has only been three years ...

These rock versions of old blues tracks sound so authentic to the bands performing them that most people don't even realize ...

White Stripes artifacts aren't often available to the public. But several are this spring as part of a rock auction featuring the Detroit rock duo.

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For the third night in a row, Jon Batiste demonstrated to a capacity crowd at Boston’s Symphony Hall that he’s more than just ...

From Lead Belly to Janis Joplin, we profile 15 great blues singers who helped shape this most emotive and expressive of music ...