Steve Cropper — who played guitar for Booker T. & the MG’s, the Blues Brothers, and Otis Redding — has died. He was 84. His ...

The phone rings exactly at three o’clock. On the other end of the line is energetic, talkative and informative Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla calling from ...

On Friday, October 20th Blues Traveler will release Traveler’s Soul, their fifteenth full-length studio album, on Round Hill Records/Black Hill Records. The quintet, comprised of John Popper (vocals, ...

After a full decade living in the United States, singer-guitarist JJ Julius Son from the Icelandic rock band KALEO is still digging deep into the American roots of rock, blues, and soul. Just a few ...

Sally Tiven, a musician and songwriter who played on albums by B.B. King and Wilson Pickett and had her songs recorded by the likes of Huey Lewis & the News, Buddy Guy and The Jeff Healey Band, has ...

On a back road in Kilgore, Texas, a three-legged stool groans under an immense man sitting beside a rusty pickup parked outside his house. The truck’s raised hood yawns at the sameness of every day on ...

Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Robert Cray is a hero to any blues and soul fan who grew up too late to witness the blues revolutions in the Delta or Chicago, or to experience the ...

The Peoria Blues & Heritage Festival will rock along the Peoria Riverfront Aug. 29-30. Several blues, rock and soul stars, including a Grammy winner, will entertain guests throughout the Labor Day ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

UPDATE as of Fri 2/24/2023, 2 PM: This concert has been canceled. Cicero Blake’s career spans the trajectory of modern soul music from doo-wop to contemporary southern soul-blues. Blake was born in ...

Her career included collaborations with B.B. King, Wilson Pickett, Huey Lewis & the News, Buddy Guy and The Jeff Healey Band. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Sally Tiven, a musician and songwriter who ...