No-one plays the blues like Buddy Guy – but that doesn't stop us trying. We look at four ways the blues icon approaches his ...

"The Blues" kicked off the year with special screenings at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah (January 16-26), and at Radio City Music Hall February 7th with "Salute to the Blues," a benefit ...

So far, blues music has proved resilient. ... As you'll hear in these five examples of "techno-blues," it's holding up quite nicely. Dragging Blues Into The 21st Century. Little Axe ...

For example, one element of Sinners that doesn't come across in its promotional materials is its focus on music. Through the characters of Sammie and Remmick, viewers get to see how music can ...

Jimmy Johnson was a contemporary of Buddy Guy – and the ultimate example of a Chicago blues virtuoso who ventured well outside the box Joel A. Siegel Mon, May 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM UTC ...

When we listen to blues music of the 1920s, it's like looking through a window at the experience people are having at the time. Typically, blues artists write out of their own experience.

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