Most people are familiar with the “whammy bar.” The most famous, Bigsby, has an awesome history and an even more awesome sound. Find out why, and how a motorcycle enthusiast changed music.

Bring yourself up to Contino’s Back Porch Dogma, and you’ll find a blues message to believe in!

Blues is often about broken hearts. With A Hundred White Lies, Shane Dwight gives us his, in musical sadness and triumph.

This is Chicago blues — today’s Chicago — as good as it gets.

They call him Big Llou, the well-known voice of the “Ten Commandments of the Blues” on B.B. King’s Bluesville, because he weights 300 pounds — and he wants the world to know it!

From the first track the listener knows this won’t be a bells and whistles experience.

The Big Payback, due out tomorrow through Blind Pig, is a full helping of horn-driven funk, soul and blues.

You may not know where in the world Monticello, Wisconsin is, but if The Jimmys latest album is any representation, it’s sure got great jump blues!

Ten Blues stallions and a mare make up the corral represented in Blues Leaf Records, Leaflets, Volume II 2000-2006, issued this year for blues listeners.

It’s easy to see why Walker is collecting worldwide accolades, awards, fame, and recognition. It’s only January and his new release, Hellfire, is almost certain to rank among the best albums of the year!

Nick Moss has the rare and treasured ability to be blues in a way that is progressive and exciting, lending optimism and depth to the genre. Here I Am is proof positive.

Samantha Fish, a relative newcomer to the blues, has recently released a top quality, guitar-driven album, produced by Mike Zito, that touches on a number of styles and boasts several memorable tracks.