Both directly, and indirectly, the impact on the blues on the modern history of Western music has been profound. Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938) was born and raised in Mississippi. He took up ...

Jad Tariq is a 28-year-old guitarist and vocalist whose debut album, "Jad Tariq Sings...", will be released on March 7. Tariq's music is influenced by a variety of genres, including R&B, jump blues, ...

I got to chat to him a wee bit before the show. He was asking me how I got into old blues music.” Still in high school in Ireland, this amazingly talented 17-year-old is taking a brief break to ...

In this lesson, I’d like to discuss playing over what’s known as a I - VI - II - V (“one-six-two-five”) chord progression, which is common in a variety of musical styles, from country to ...

It stars Ayden Croy as Hantjie Jansen, an ambitious young musician with a lifelong dream to restore his town’s Christmas choir band, the Old Righteous Blues, to the glory it had before a bloody ...

The influence of those great old R&B, jump blues and jazz artists can be heard on “Jad Tariq Sings…”, the debut album by the 28-year-old guitarist/vocalist that comes out March 7.