There are any number of ways to approach this fine 24-track compilation of performances from the ’20s and ’30s. First, it’s an intriguing history lesson, showing how ragtime, jazz, folk, and other ...

Several years ago I was combing the CD stacks at Zulu Records—back when they were located on the other side of Fourth and a little further east—and came across the 1995 tribute album Rattlesnake ...

“HE’S gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone. Sure ’nough, he’s a rollin’ stone.” These lines are credited to the father of modern Chicago blues, Muddy Waters. Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones ...

The bluesier side of Whitesnake's catalog will be collected on The Blues Album, which arrives Feb. 19. The Blues Album includes two hits, "Slow an' Easy" and "Give Me All Your Love," which has been ...

The Rolling Stones have curated a compilation of the blues music that inspired them throughout their career. Chuck Berry is among the artists featured on Confessin' The Blues Reflecting on his love ...

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Townes Van Zandt, who was a very blue singer-songwriter, is often quoted for stating "There are only two kinds of songs: There's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah." We'll save zip-a-dee-doo-dah ...

“The Louisville Blues Compilation Vol. II” arrives 23 years after Vol. I, which kind of sounds like a blues song waiting to happen — but not so much a sad blues song, because it arrives with good ...

Ronnie trawls through his memories for anecdotes about blues legend mates like Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, whose songs feature in the album “HE’S gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone. Sure ’nough ...