Jump blues was a style of music that developed in the 1940s and was an offshoot of the big bands of the day. It was essentially an uptempo swing combining jazz, boogie and blues that was popular in ...

Matt (Guitar) Murphy, a masterful bluesman who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, Chuck Berry and Memphis Slim but was best known as a member of the Blues Brothers band, died Friday in Miami. He ...

Saturday, The 2016 Fuse Fest takes place Saturday in Torrington from 2 to 10 p.m. at Fuessenich Park. The festival crowd will be entertained by performances on two stages, The George’s Music Center ...

This incredible video captures the moment a Scottish musician performed a 130ft bungee jump - while flawlessly playing the blues guitar. The nail-biting clip shows Douglas Scott clutching onto his ...

There are far too many blues innovators to mention them all but listen to Delta pioneers Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to appreciate the roots of the genre. With a massive 89% discount, ...

ACOUSTIC WEEK: Blues is a wholly American music form, and as the steel- string flat-top acoustic guitar was a product of European immigrants into the United States, the two were destined to be ...