I was outside taking a set break during a gig with my band Saturday night, when several members of the group saw the same news on their phones — longtime Grateful Dead, RatDog and Dead & Co. rhythm ...

The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the ...

Learn a bluesy boogie shuffle piano groove in the New Orleans style. In this lesson, I use "Sweet Home Chicago" to break down a rolling left-hand pattern and Dr. John-inspired feel. The White House ...

Four years ago, artist John Singletary took a path where the blues, Southern folklore, family history, and religion and spirituality led him to the series of paintings he’s created in his current ...

Max King is one of the few Origin players to bring their own Bible into camp, but the deeply religious Blues rookie admits career-threatening injuries and illness tested his faith. The selection of ...

If Jaki Byard is most commonly categorized as a proud progenitor of the 'new jazz,' as his seminal work with Eric Dolphy on Outward Bound and Charles Mingus on Black Saint and the Sinner Lady would ...

The 17th annual Motor City Blues Festival features a variety of acts, each delivering their creative sounds to the stage. While the singers’ styles may differ, they share a common thread — their ...

The hippest, dirtiest Dr. John kind of New Orleans blues lick/fill you will ever learn. Key of G, but also very easy to modulate in C, F, and Bb with the same fingering! ‘Ridiculous prices’ blamed for ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered ...

Jazz is a genre of music that owes its birth to the Blues. Without the Blues, there would likely be no Jazz. The two genres are deeply related and intimately intertwined. They are also quite distinct ...

Using non-invasive techniques to manipulate our emotions, it might be possible to curtail the screaming horrors that plague our sleep. A study conducted on 36 patients diagnosed with a nightmare ...