Ana Popovic certainly wants the world to appreciate her hot guitar skills and soulful blues-rock chops. But she wants to make people dance as well — part of the mission behind her upcoming 10th studio ...

This column is dedicated to legendary Irish blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher, whose last name I recently learned should be pronounced, “Galla-her.” I’ve been saying it wrong for my whole life!

Dan Aykroyd, Stevie Van Zandt, Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and others are mourning the loss of Steve Cropper, the Rock and ...

This week brings a history of the electric guitar to Connecticut stages. The Black Keys, happily on tour again, demonstrate the links between the blues, garage rock and modern indie rocks with their ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Joe Louis Walker, a raspy-voiced singer and guitarist who took an expansive approach to the blues, recording gritty, down-home albums as well as acclaimed records incorporating ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

First, a heads up that tickets are still available as of this writing for Grammy-nominated blues vocalist Beth Hart, who performs at The Astro in La Vista Saturday, May 3, 8 p.m. Hart’s recordings ...

Guitars are the greatest. They have been the foundation for some of the best rock songs over the past eight decades or so, and they have rarely ever let us down. Plug an electric guitar into a pedal ...

Shemekia Copeland and Ally Venable set to perform blues concert at Granville Arts Center on February 20, 2026.