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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (of “Sinners” fame) and Walter Trout headline the 42 San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival.
It was a wonderful time. It was the greatest gift of my life to be around all that. … It’s why I subtitle the book ‘my lucky ...
Today, keyboardist-vocalist Jordan is the sole remaining original member in War, but he’ll be joining the band’s three other surviving founders, Howard E. Scott (guitar, vocals), Harold Ray Brown ...
The Chicago Blues Festival brings out the best in the local scene all weekend—and here are a few dozen shows to prove it.
John Popper’s harmonic talent was meant to dominate Blues Traveler’s show Friday night at The Vine showroom inside del Lago ...
The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...
The Doors accomplished more in four years than many bands have in four decades. Here are 10 songs that define their iconic ...
Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms did a mash-up of their hits on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to promote their co-headlining summer ...
A train car on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge line is the perfect size for a performing one-man band tucked into either end of the car. Roughly about 102 inches or 8.5 feet wide, a single ...
When COVID hit, there was no more touring — and no more getting clean. Living in a trailer in Lawrence, he did drugs — mostly ...
For the last two decades he has contributed his vocal and harmonica skills to the funk and rhythm-and-blues band War. “Mitch was only 19 when I first heard him, he was already good then ...
The Primetime Blues Band, along with the Westside Players featuring ... a four-piece lineup with guitar, harmonica, bass and drums, which Houston had seen several times at Gilly’s.