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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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
Mick Martin, lead singer of the Sacramento-based Blues Rockers and former Sacramento Union movie critic, performs at the Torch Club in downtown Sacramento in 2001. Martin, a central figure in the ...
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.
If you’re a fan of music, you’re a fan of this show. ‘Blue Heaven’ review: a divine celebration of blues music, icons who created it - Chicago Sun-Times Scratch that.
GREENVILLE, Miss. — I recently moved to the heart and soul of the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues. Signs of this rich music heritage are all around me in this part of the state ...