New Music from Willie Lockett and The Bluebirds; Live Blues Galore

Revisiting Spencer Bohren; Bobby “Blue” Bland

It doesn’t sound bluesy- a Wyoming native, resident and wandering troubadour appears at a jazz club, playing an array of guitars including a cigar-box-shaped anomaly fashioned after the posh Waldorf […]

Guitar Slim, Jr. Returns; The Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival

The W.C. Handy Awards; Muddy Waters’ Childhood Cabin

R&B Picks During Jazz Fest

Taj Mahal, Jon Cleary Create Phantom Blues

The ’96 Jazz Fest-Whither Louisiana Blues? New Discs from Freddie King, Little Milton, Rick Holstrom

New Discs from Jumpin’ Johnny, J. Monque’D; Sign Up for the OffBeat/Abita Open Blues Jam Contest

What the Players Think; Local Blues Artists Name Their Favorites from ’95

Get the Blues for Christmas; New Snooks Eaglin, Melvin Taylor, Billy Boy Arnold Discs