The tragic life and death of Chris Whitley
The din of ecstasy
Blues
“Blues Boy”: How a kid named Riley became BB King
Even a legend sometimes needs to sell snake oil on the radio.
Alexis Korner: The forgotten pioneer who launched blues rock in Britain
“I don’t know if he’d like this term, but the Grandfather of the British blues”.
The music that Keith Richards thanked God for creating: “I never stopped listening”
Constantly in reverence.
Five covers on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Blue & Lonesome’ that are better than the originals
Giving the ol’ timers a run for their money.
The guitarist Keith Richards called “musically impossible”
“We’re all part of this family that goes back thousands of years”.
When grunge icons attempted to form a supergroup: “Kurt seemed intimidated”
“That’s a guilt I’ll always have”.
Jack White and the one song that “meant everything” but he was never able to match: “That was it for me”
White is still searching for the sound.
“The ultimate graduate school”: Steve Miller’s surprising roots in the 1960s Chicago blues scene
Cut his teeth with some serious legends…
‘My First Wife Left Me’: The song John Lee Hooker could never sing without crying
The very nature of blues music.
The song Eric Clapton said captured everything about being a musician
“…I felt like I was looking into Heaven”.