With 12 bands and nine certified guitar heroes on the 14th Fargo Blues Fest lineup, there should be no shortage of electrifying solos. But some solo artists usually known as sidemen to more popular ...

Welcome to a blues guitar extravaganza. The aim of this feature is to study and apply some of the technical and musical concepts employed by 30 top blues guitar icons from the 1950s right up to the ...

Winter was renowned for his fiery slide-guitar skills, and was respected and admired by blues aficionados and his musical peers, alike, as well as his own heroes. While Winter amassed an impressive ...

A common theme of blues music is that of the second chance. Be it jilted lovers or unemployed derelicts, many blues songs tell the tale of a narrator lamenting loss and seeking redemption. In that ...

Philadelphia's Deb Callahan is a blues diva with a voice like a force of nature. Her pipes, coupled with her top-flight backing band, make for some blast-furnace blues on the new disc, "Grace + Grit," ...