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Blues

Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - 02

The guitarist so good they convinced Ian Anderson and Andy Sumners to avoid the blues: ‘Happily, he did not play the flute’

When your influence goes too far.

Will Howard
Jun 7, 2025
What was the first British Invasion band to top the US charts after The Beatles?

The only blues song to go number one in the UK

A new revolution.

Tom Taylor
Jun 2, 2025
The Jack White song that came to him in a dream

The surprising favourite song of Jack White: “That was it for me”

Jack White, forever a fan on Son House.

Tyler Golsen
May 29, 2025
Keith Richards - Charlie Watts - Mick Jagger - Bill Wyman - Mick Taylor - 1974 - Rolling Stones

“Creating this synthesis”: How The Rolling Stones became the best American band ever born in Britain

“Of course, American bands did it”.

Tom Taylor
May 25, 2025
Soul Music - Blues Music - Gospel - Vinyl - Old - Retro - Vintage - General

What was the first blues song ever recorded?

A landmark recording.

Ben Forrest
May 16, 2025
Joni Mitchell - Musician - 1960s

The two albums Joni Mitchell considers “the pinnacle of contemporary music”

Two sublime records.

Reuben Cross
May 15, 2025
John Mayall - 1970 -Guitarist - Blues - Musician - 2007

The tragic house fire that destroyed John Mayall’s extensive blues collection

A tragedy.

Ben Forrest
May 14, 2025
Bob Dylan - 1985 - Empire Burlesque

‘Come On in My Kitchen’: the blues classic Bob Dylan listened to again and again

It’s just the blues.

Brianna Kline
May 8, 2025
Johnny Winter - Far Out Magazine

Johnny Winter: The legendary blues guitarist who sued DC Comics

A strange case.

Ben Forrest
May 4, 2025
Joe Louis Walker - Far Out Magazine

Blues legend, Joe Louis Walker, dead at 75

Aretha Franklin dubbed him “The Bluesman”.

Rachael Pimblett
May 3, 2025
'Free Form Patterns'- the moment Lightnin' Hopkins made blues go psychedelic

‘Free Form Patterns’: the moment Lightnin’ Hopkins made blues go psychedelic

A groundbreaking album.

Ben Forrest
Apr 27, 2025
Robert Johnson - Blues Musician - Guitarist - 1930s

‘Last Kind Words Blues’: History’s most harrowing blues song

“Let the buzzards eat me whole…”

Will Howard
Apr 23, 2025

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