This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in…
It’s 1981. And a synthpop duo called Soft Cell isn’t doing so well. They’ve got one last chance to make a hit before their label kicks ‘em to the curb. So they took one final shot with a version of an old soul song—Tainted Love…
It is a too common tale that legendary artists have had to wait years or decades to get a fraction of what they’re owed. The story of “The Father of Rock n Roll”; Arthur Big Boy Crudup is the king of those stories.
This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in…
This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers…
There are dozens of blues/rock bands in the current musical landscape, but hearing Dudley Taft is akin to one’s first sighting of Mt. Ranier above his hometown of Seattle.
Best of all, these performances make us smile those wonderful wide and quiet smiles we save for ourselves.
This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers…
Over the course of his adult life, Ivankovich has witnessed the violence and heartbreak the streets have inflicted upon vast numbers of families in his beloved city of Chicago.
Instrumenthead The Book is raising funds, and you should see this awesome portrait series with incredible musicians and their instruments!