Several years ago I was combing the CD stacks at Zulu Records—back when they were located on the other side of Fourth and a little further east—and came across the 1995 tribute album Rattlesnake ...

On August 11, Easy Eye Sound is set to release the new compilation, Tell Everybody! The anthology showcases a prominent slice of and current state of the blues. Today, American Songwriter premieres ...

“HE’S gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone. Sure ’nough, he’s a rollin’ stone.” These lines are credited to the father of modern Chicago blues, Muddy Waters. Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones ...

The bluesier side of Whitesnake's catalog will be collected on The Blues Album, which arrives Feb. 19. The Blues Album includes two hits, "Slow an' Easy" and "Give Me All Your Love," which has been ...

‘Blues Power Volume 1’ is a collection of the best Blues tracks recorded by the band over the past 20 years, all compiled here on one record. Previously unreleased material along with a collection of ...

Townes Van Zandt, who was a very blue singer-songwriter, is often quoted for stating "There are only two kinds of songs: There's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah." We'll save zip-a-dee-doo-dah ...

“The Louisville Blues Compilation Vol. II” arrives 23 years after Vol. I, which kind of sounds like a blues song waiting to happen — but not so much a sad blues song, because it arrives with good ...

Ronnie trawls through his memories for anecdotes about blues legend mates like Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, whose songs feature in the album “HE’S gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone. Sure ’nough ...