Month: September 2011

Today’s B.B. King video is his live performance, on stage at the B.B. King Blues Club, of the song that brought him to widespread fame in 1952, “Three O’Clock Blues”.

In honor of B.B. King’s birthday on Thursday, we’re talking about the king of the blues all week. Today, B.B. King’s beloved guitar, his Lucille, is

Today, we’re going to feature Boo Boo Davis, a modern Mississippi delta bluesman. Born and raised in Drew, Mississippi, deep in the delta, he worked in the cotton fields and learned to sing from the other sharecroppers.

The brand new album Brighter Days, a live DVD/CD by JJ Grey and Mofro, is finally out as of today. We recently gave Brighter Days a rave review for it’s absolutely wonderful energy and richly soulful sound. It’s worth a look.

This week we celebrate Riley “Blues Boy” King, the undisputed king of the blues, in honor of his birthday on Thursday. B.B. King will be 86 years young!

Before Beverly McClellan ever stepped foot on L.A. soil, she had already put out five albums of soulful and heavily blues infused music. Her latest album that was released just before the rocket left the launching pad contains a song titled “I Can’t Hide Me” and this might as well be her theme song.

A dedicated blues fan has a tendency to drop everything when a great blues festival rolls around, and we know our priorities! We’ll be covering a great festival in Columbia, Mo this weekend!

We’re celebrating a birthday today — that of the vastly influential guitarist and harmonica legend Jimmy Reed, who’s amazing music has influenced rock in an irreplaceable way.

Today’s guest article was written by Marina Kuleš, a resident of Croatia. Marina describes the fascinating and exciting progress that blues organizations are making overseas!

This simple device attaches to the bridge of your guitar and keeps it in tune forever. Here’s a recent CNN video describing the device.