Halloween is the perfect time to explore the darker side of blues rock. Long before horror movies became an October ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about blues music is that the genre is all about doom and gloom. Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak.

Smithsonian Folkways brings decades of blues history to vinyl in a well sequenced 2LP set with good sound, a solid pressing, and much to discover. I love compilation albums. Anyone who grew up on ...

However, on IV, released in 1971, Led Zeppelin were ready to explore blues more curiously and with more historical closeness. The fourth studio album closes with “When The Levee Breaks,” which begins ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-nine years ago, soft rock band Steely Dan released "Deacon Blues"—a song that became a career-defining masterpiece despite ...

Songs about the Vietnam War, released during the war period in the 1960s and 1970s, usually fall under folk rock, pure folk, or rock music. However, there were a few blues and blues-rock songs back in ...

Comeback albums are a form of redemption for blues rock artists. After battling health crises, commercial indifference, addiction, or simple ...

Long before The Rolling Stones became one of the biggest rock bands in the world, the group was busy digging through American blues records for songs to make their own. One of those early recordings ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Blues music and romance share an intimate relationship that has resonated through generations, making the genre the ultimate soundtrack for love’s complicated journey. From smoky nightclubs to quiet ...