Shortly after leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, Slash formed a blues-rock collective of musicians. Christened Blues Ball, the band toured for two years and commanded a catalog of classic covers like ...

The first rock ’n’ roll records were a kind of hopped-up blues, and the same is usually true of the best rock ’n’ roll records today. Whether it was young white kids such as Elvis Presley and Jerry ...

“The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

After two years of lower-than-usual ticket sales, Lancaster Roots & Blues founder Rich Ruoff may not be able to host next year's festival without financial intervention. The latest Roots & Blues ...

After a yearlong hiatus, the Lancaster Roots & Blues festival returns this weekend with more than 60 artists performing at nine venues in downtown Lancaster. The festival, which brings local, regional ...

Shay Jasper and Tracy Lane can hum both the high and low notes from their time as co-owners of the Roots N Blues festival. Deeper, darker tones sounded loudly in 2020. Shortly after forming a company, ...

"Celebrate the roots of American music" all this weekend in downtown Lancaster, March 9 through 11, during the Lancaster Roots & Blues festival. Nine venues will host dozens of bands over the course ...

If you have a fondness for a particular album by Charles Mingus, chances are you won't find another quite like it in his catalog. The bassist and composer had one of the most wide-ranging careers of ...

Part of the Chicago Blues Festival. Sat 6/10, 12:30 PM (music starts at noon), Rosa’s Lounge stage (North Promenade), Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph, free, all ages My love of music, especially ...

The Black Keys have never been afraid to look backward — especially concerning the blues. The first two tracks of their 2002 debut, The Big Come Up, were lively, low-fi covers of tunes by Mississippi ...

In their earliest, humblest days – back when they were working out of a basement in Akron, Ohio, with two microphones and an eight-track tape recorder – The Black Keys were already writing phenomenal ...