Blues and the Abstract Truth

Southern soul balladeer Percy Sledge, best known for his 1966 hit, “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died on April 14 in Baton Rouge, LA , at the ...

© Reuters Clark Terry, the jazz trumpeter, composer and educator, who was a member of the bands of both Count Basie and Duke Eliington...

When our beloved dog Chomsky passed away at age 14 in August, we thought it would be a long time before we adopted another. But then Tina fo...

There is very little video of B. B. King prior to his 1969 crossover hit, "The Thrill is Gone." This clip is far better than any o...

This week, some rare footage of guitarist Django Reinhardt, with Stephane Grappelli on violin and the Quintette du Hot Club de France playin...

Not Recommended As promised, Ace Records in the U. K. has followed up Volume 1 with a second 2-CD set of hits from the RPM label owned ...

Thanks to the American Folk Blues Festival, a series of European tours organized by Willie Dixon in the 1960s, we have some of the best--and...