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Charlie Sayles will be the first to tell you that he’s not a straight ahead Chicago blues player. He takes a more mongrelized approach.

In my 2004 interview with Pitney he shrugged off this seemingly uncanny ability to fit in with every kind of eccentric in the business.

“I couldn’t believe someone like Otis Spann who had such a huge impact on Blues didn’t have a marker.”

As the band raced home after their European Tour was suddenly canceled, Ruth wrote about how, as many people stare down the barrel of similar quarantine measures, lessons can be learned from the disabled community

While holding on to his deep Blues roots, he has also developed a unique jazz guitar style; playing bass, rhythm, and lead simultaneously.

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London is one of the world’s most famous music venues. And it’s the perfect, intimate…

Poguetry will embark on a tour in the U.S. starting at the end of February and ending in the middle of March

For some of us, including myself, the nostalgia of the ‘90s will live on forever. One of the bands that…

There’s Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. And then there’s Jolie Holland: the present day éminence grise of the…

“Tommy was the closest friend I’ve ever had in my life and he was truly a wonderful, unique person who was a natural entertainer and so much fun to be with. And I miss him terribly.”