Blues harmonica master Carey Bell died on May 6 of heart failure in his hometown of Chicago. He was 70. Bell – the 1998 winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Artist Of The Year – was a ...

Phillips released two singles from Cotton, “Straighten Up Baby” in 1953 and “Cotton Crop Blues” the following year. Cotton was still a teenager working as a regular on the Memphis music scene when ...

When my music makes someone happy, helps them unwind, relax and have fun, it is a greater achievement and fulfillment than any award I can receive. Born and raised on the prairies in the small farm ...

Among the harmonica’s many wonderful and unique traits, there is this: You have to really suck to be good at it. As one of America’s finest and busiest harmonica players, Denver’s Ronnie Shellist ...

Austin, Texas, September 24-- Gary Primich, considered by many to be one of the greatest harmonica players in the world, passed away suddenly on September 23rd. Not only is this the loss of a ...

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Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

DECATUR — A heavy shot of fast-paced blues harmonica music made for a lot of happy, tapping feet Sunday at Rock Springs Nature Center. There was only one man on stage, harmonica virtuoso Deak Harp ...

Blues harmonica virtuoso and onetime Muddy Waters sideman James Cotton died on Thursday at a medical center in Austin of pneumonia. He was 81. A rep for the musician confirmed his death. Cotton, who ...

Blues music may be good for the soul, but some are saying it can be good for the lungs too. That’s the idea behind a physical therapy program for sufferers of chronic lung disease, reports NextAvenue, ...

Chicago blues queen Shemekia Copeland and Mississippi guitar ace Christone "Kingfish" Ingram were among the big winners at the 42nd annual Blues Music Awards on Sunday. The awards — presented by the ...