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15 Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time
HISTORY

15 Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time: The Definitive List

Ranking the greatest blues guitarists of all time invites argument, and that is exactly the point. However, any honest list has to…

Curtis Salgado Legacy Rewind Live in 25
ALBUM REVIEWS

Curtis Salgado’s Legacy Rewind Is a Horn-Fueled Victory Lap

Curtis Salgado’s Legacy Rewind Is a Horn-Fueled Victory Lap On April 5, 2025, Curtis Salgado walked onto the stage at The Triple…

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Chris Cain: Jazz-Blues Guitar with Albert King’s Blessing

Chris Cain: The Remarkable Guitarist Albert King Endorsed One night in the late 1980s, Chris Cain found himself on a Memphis stage…

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HISTORY

Blues Music Timeline: African Roots to Today

Blues Music Timeline: 25 Moments That Built America’s Most Powerful Sound This blues music timeline tracks the key moments that forged one…

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HISTORY

Memphis Blues: Beale Street and a Century of Soul

Memphis Blues: The Remarkable Epic Rise of Beale Street Memphis blues history stretches back more than a century. Its roots run deeper…

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ARTISTS

D.K. Harrell: Young Houston Traditionalist Keeping It Real

A two-year-old boy sat in a living room in Ruston, Louisiana, and heard B.B. King pour out of the speakers. He didn’t…

Artist rendition of BB King
ARTISTS

B.B. King: How One Guitarist Became the Face of Blues

B.B. King: The King of Blues Who Changed Guitar Forever On a cold night in 1949, a fight over a woman nearly…

10 essential Blues albums
HISTORY

10 Amazing Essential Blues Records You Need to Know Now

10 Essential Blues Records That Belong in Every Collection In 1961, a Columbia Records producer pulled together twenty-nine songs by a Mississippi…

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