The rock world lost a great with the passing of John Lodge on October 10, 2025. Here are four tracks he spearheaded with The ...

While synths and new wave brought in the decade and glam metal closed it, there were still plenty of acts championing a blues rock sound and thriving in the 1980s. In looking back at the roots of rock ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

Named after lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Garrett James, the Tucson-based blues rock group Garrett James and the Wanderers has a vintage sound but is made up of young musicians. The band ...

Somebody asked Muddy Waters what his blues meant. His reply: "Trouble." "What I meant was that the blues – from the gutbucket, alley blues, which I can offer, right straight up to the sophisticated, ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...

Boz Scaggs is a rock 'n' roll chameleon, from his early work with the Steve Miller Band to his smooth rock years in the '70s – producing enduring hits including "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown" – to his ...

The Strokes took home the Grammy award for best rock album for The New Abnormal on Sunday, beating out the likes of Grace Potter and Sturgill Simpson and marking the influential garage rock band’s ...

His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist. By Jon Pareles Danny Kalb, a guitarist whose 1960s band ...

Ritchie Dave Porter and Debra Susan, a husband-and-wife musical duo from near Shrewsbury, were honoured with two 'gold' awards at the International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA) Awards 2025, ...