Music Review: Billy Boy Arnold - Billy Boy Sings Sonny Boy A fine tribute to one of the harmonica's true innovators...
The story goes that, as a boy growing up in Chicago, Billy Boy Arnold once knocked on the door of his idol, Sonny Boy Williamson, to ask the
Folk-Blues Legend Odetta, R.I.P. Known simply as "Odetta," she was considered by many to be the voice of the civil rights movement. A classically-trained vocalist who left audiences awestruck whenever she performed, folk-blues
Odetta, an American Voice, dies Odetta, photo by Diana DaviesOdetta, December 31, 1930 - December 2, 2008We have posted the full
Chicago Blues Guitarist Chico Banks, R.I.P. The Blues Foundation, among other sources, is reporting the December 2nd, 2008 death of Chicago blues guitarist Vernon "Chico" Banks at the too-young age of 47 years. Part of a...
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm On Tour Cedric Burnside is the son of Mississippi blues drumming great Calvin Jackson and the grandson of Hill Country legend R.L. Burnside; his buddy and bandmate Lightnin' Malcolm is a skilled...