Welcome to a blues guitar extravaganza. The aim of this feature is to study and apply some of the technical and musical concepts employed by 30 top blues guitar icons from the 1950s right up to the ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

It's well known that Buddy Guy had a huge impact on the direction of Eric Clapton’s career. What's less frequently noted is how much Clapton and his fellow British blues guitarists breathed new life ...

Nothing says “I’m hurtin'” like the wail of a mournful guitar. It’s a sound that melts the heart and pierces the soul. While the blues saw a resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, it’s fallen off the ...

On this day (November 24) in 1993, Albert Collins died after a short battle with cancer in his Las Vegas, Nevada, home. He was 61 years old. Throughout his career, Collins made a name for himself with ...

Sept. 16, 2025, will be a milestone in the history of Memphis and American music, as it marks what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday. To all who ever heard him play, King was the one true ...

The Shake ‘Em on Down tour brings a trio of blues acts to the Robins Theatre on Dec. 12. The lineup features Samantha Fish, a Grammy-nominated guitar player who’s played in Warren several times; ...

Shemekia Copeland has made a big name for herself in the contemporary blues scene with 12 albums, numerous Grammy nominations, thousands of performances, her own Sirius radio program “Bluesville” and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. New Orleans rock/blues sensation Eric Johanson returns to the U.S. after the ...