It's easy to play the blues—or at the very least it's easy to learn the basics—but keeping the form fresh and interesting is another matter entirely. Likewise, any beginner can tackle a quiet ballad, ...

Today we explore the bittersweet, Ethiopian world of "TEZETA" (PRON: te-ze-TAH). "Tezeta" means "memory" or "nostalgia". Originally Ethiopia's favourite traditional song, it's now a whole genre, a ...

To celebrate her 15th year on the air, Darlene Lopez re-created her studio set-up on-stage at the Hollywood Playhouse. The elfin hostess of The Sunday Blues With Dar was emceeing a multi-band ...

Pianist McCoy Tyner is best known for being a member of the John Coltrane Quartet beginning in 1960. During those years, Tyner re-invented the piano as a highly percussive, stirring instrument that ...

Bandits, Ballads and Blues is almost certainly the final album by James Talley, the Nashville singer-songwriter who cemented his place in history as one of the great musical storytellers with a ...

The blues-punk power trio Jon Spencer Blues Explosion never disperse from the scene for long, and they regrouped earlier this year for their 10th album Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015. These ...

Walter Price, a Houston blues luminary so grand he required two nicknames, has died. Believed to be the last blues singer from the storied Peacock label, Big Walter the Thunderbird was 97. Though his ...

The American pianist’s current trio has been together for over a decade, yet this set of covers is their first release since 2012. Each track is a beautifully crafted, richly detailed miniature with ...