When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Australian Music Prize 80-year-old Walmatjarri elder and blues musician Kankawa Nagarra ...

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 ...

Joe Louis Walker, a raspy-voiced singer and guitarist who took an expansive approach to the blues, recording gritty, down-home albums as well as acclaimed records incorporating gospel, soul, jazz and ...

Singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens has dedicated much of her career to exploring folk and roots music, including old-time, blues, Celtic folk, country, and gospel. In April, ...

Blues and rock is still being shaped by the British blues boom of the ’60s – and the O.G. bluesmen who influenced them. But how can today’s players nail their tone and sound? Marcus King, Samantha ...

Georgia blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis took to the guitar like a fish to water when he was only seven years old. His passion for blues stemmed from the iconic sound of ...