Best of 2024: As cross-cultural high points go in post-war austerity Britain, the American Folk Blues Festival tours that started in 1962 took some beating. Seemingly out of nowhere, iconic blues ...

On his new album, Rhythm & Blues, guitarist and vocalist Buddy Guy sums up his approach when he sings, "People always ask me / About the blues I play / I say it just comes through me / I don't know no ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Buddy Guy that hits you right in the gut—the way he bends a string, the way his voice trembles with heartbreak, the way he pours a lifetime of joy and sorrow ...

Sixty years after picking up his first guitar, blues musician Buddy Guy still jams -- and has no plans of stopping. Jeffrey Brown and Guy discuss his upcoming memoir "When I Left Home: My Story," his ...

The Blues' most electrifying guitarist, Guy has remained a vital and current musician, moving blues forward without losing sight of its roots. He’s renowned for his raw, blistering vocals and ...

Since June of 1984, just a little over a year removed from the death of legendary Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues Fest has operated annually in the Windy City as the country’s largest ...

The blues has always been a genre whose younger musicians respect its roots, culture and elder statesmen. Many of those elders — say, Muddy Waters and B.B. King — are gone now. Another, though, is ...

Buddy Guy is the last bastion of the blues. That’s barely an opinion. If anything, it’s a matter-of-fact statement. For the 81-year-old, Louisiana-born blues pioneer, this harsh reality isn’t a ...

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Para Buddy Guy, un defensor inquebrantable y firme del blues, no hay nada más importante que mantener su género musical en el centro de la conversación. Le sale de manera natural: ...

Blues legend Buddy Guy gives a thumbs up during the Dec. 7, 2018 unveiling of a roadside marker paying tribute to him in Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish. The sign was knocked down by a driver last ...

Discover the latest vinyl reissues from Craft Recordings and Bluesville, featuring Buddy Guy’s This Is Buddy Guy! and Scrapper Blackwell’s Mr. Scrapper’s Blues. Craft Recordings and Bluesville Records ...