Bonnie Raitt: “I didn't see anybody play slide, so I just figured it out in my room – and I put the bottleneck on the wrong finger!”(Image credit: Brian Rasic/WireImage) Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt returns to some of her beloved musical and lyrical themes on Just Like That…, her first new album in more than six years. Her familiar smoky voice and biting slide guitar… May 06 22May 06, 2022Article at guitarworld
Bonnie Raitt Fell in Love With the BluesThe legendary singer-songwriter returns from a pandemic hiatus with a heartfelt new album Most listeners don’t associate the singer Bonnie Raitt with Broadway musicals, but she grew up steeped in them. Her father, John Raitt, was an actor who starred… Apr 29 22April 29, 2022Article at WSJ
Blues Veteran Jimmy Johnson Experiments on His New AlbumThe 91-year-old tried a different guitar style and added a reggae tune and a piano solo to his recently released ‘Every Day of Your Life’ Jimmy Johnson’s new solo album “Every Day of Your Life” has a sense of urgency, perhaps because the Chicago… May 18 20May 18, 2020Article at WSJ
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram: “I can’t be the kid wonder forever”Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram is the future of the blues, a 20-year-old native of the Mississippi Delta who sings and plays with edge, verve and vitality. His debut album, Kingfish, bursts out of the gate and never slows down, with a focus firmly on… Dec 10 19December 10, 2019Article at guitarworld
Doyle Bramhall II Breaks Down His Spellbinding and Personal New Album, 'Shades'Doyle Bramhall II is speeding up the metabolism of his solo career. Fifteen years passed between his third and fourth solo albums, 2001’s Welcome and 2016’s Rich Man. Now, only two years later, Bramhall is back with Shades, an album that embraces a… Jan 03 19January 03, 2019Article at guitarworld
Buddy Guy Talks B.B., Muddy, Jimi and His New Album, 'The Blues Is Alive and Well'Buddy Guy is, In many ways, the last man standing: a link to the titanic Chicago bluesmen of the Fifties and Sixties who electrified the music and in the process birthed rock and roll. At 82, Guy is still a bundle of caged, coiled energy, emitting a… Oct 09 18October 09, 2018Article at guitarworld
Gregg Allman, Singer and Songwriter Most Well Known for the Allman Brothers Band, DiesGregg Allman, a singer and songwriter who combined his world-weary sensibility with Delta blues, folk and R&B influences in memorable songs such as “Midnight Rider” and “Melissa,” died Saturday at his home near Savannah, Ga. He was 69 years old. His… May 28 17May 28, 2017Article at WSJ
A New York Celebration of Lead BellyCarnegie Hall prepares a tribute to the late blues man, a city resident in his last years Lead Belly is remembered as many things: an epochal figure in blues and folk music, a son of the Deep South and a convicted murderer who reportedly sang his way… Feb 01 16February 01, 2016Article at WSJ
British Blues Master John Mayall Hits the Road at Age 81John Mayall, one of the first British musicians to fully embrace and perform American blues, was a pioneer. Throughout the 1960s, his band the Bluesbreakers granted PhDs in blues to a steady stream of musicians who became rock royalty, including… Sep 04 15September 04, 2015Article at WSJ
B.B. King: A Tribute to Blues BrotherhoodNews that 89-year-old B.B. King has passed away got me thinking about some of his remarkable musical moments I have been graced to witness. King’s peers and protégés have always treated him with the highest level of musical and personal esteem. The… May 15 15May 15, 2015Article at WSJ
B.B. King 1925-2015He was known as the King of the Blues and one reason is that B.B. King was the only black blues artist to fully penetrate the thick walls of American culture. King became such a well known personality and pitchman that it became easy to overlook just… May 15 15May 15, 2015Article at Jambands
Allman Brothers Band Channels Late Founder as Final Show ApproachesWhen the Allman Brothers Band take the stage for what they say will be their final show ever tonight at the Beacon Theatre, their current lineup will have been together for almost 15 years, the longest iteration in the group’s 45-year career. But… Oct 28 14October 28, 2014Article at WSJ
A Midnight Rambler Back in the Big CityThe members of the Allman Brothers Band are known for being Southern men, but the group has always had an intense relationship with New York City. Its greatest album, 1971's "At Fillmore East," documented a live performance at the fabled East Village… May 22 12May 22, 2012Article at WSJ
