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Remember this name: Hubert Sumlin. You’ve heard his incredible guitar sound. All that started when Hubert was just eight years old, and he broke the one string on his brother’s homemade guitar…
November 16th, marks what would have been Hubert Sumlin’s 85th birthday. To celebrate, we offer 10 things you didn’t know about the Chicago blues guitar great.
Pianist, singer, songwriter, Mose Allison, who melded jazz with Delta blues, died on Tuesday, at his home in Hilton Head, South Carolina, just four days past his 89th birthday.
Americana music artist, David Luning, was studying music scoring at the Berklee College of Music when he first heard the music of John Prine. His response was immediate.
In 2011 Russell was inducted into both the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, joining Johnny Cash and a very select group in being so honored.
“The new club is great. They’ve really worked hard to put together something that honors the tradition of Antone’s and why it was started.”
Robinson believes Detroit is one of the music capitals of the world and that bringing the Hall of Fame to the city could cement that status.
Leonard Cohen, beloved poet, author, composer and singer has died. Cohen was 82 years old.
The line “Every junkie is like a setting Sun” is one of the truest, most accurate lines ever written in music of the modern era.