Knowing his Mississippi roots, Chess essentially wanted Waters to find for him his own Robert Johnson. Waters had other ideas ...

Memphis soul band Southern Avenue returns to Fort Smith on May 1 to open the Levitt Amp Series with its new album "Family." ...

The Delta Blues Museum tells the story of sharecroppers turned legends, handmade guitars, and the raw sound that traveled ...

At Delmark” includes standards such as Junior Wells’ “Messin’ With the Kid” and unexpected tunes like Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” and AC/DC’s “Riff Raff” — all instrumental and all on piano.

Treating the haints and zombies stalking the edges of the southern Christian consciousness not just as vestiges of Black ...

Being signed to the long-running, premier blues and roots label, Alligator, is the ultimate goal for so many bands. The ...

Extracting inimitable, stinging tone from his Tele with just his fingers, Albert Collins carved a hugely influential sonic ...

Memphis music producer Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell recruited area musicians to contribute what he calls “authentic” sounds to the ...

Soul Music of Illinois,’ edited by local collector Dante Carfagna, is an exhaustive visual survey of our state’s crucial role ...