In a Facebook post on Sunday, March 1, Toronto blues musician Paul Smith wrote that Hammond's wife Marla had confirmed news ...

Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood and Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen are among the artists paying tribute to blues singer and ...

Noise 11 confirmed Hammond's death, noting the 83 year old blues icon died on February 28. The site confirmed his death with ...

Renowned blues guitarist John Hammond, who won a Grammy and was nominated for several others, died over the weekend. He was ...

Renowned swamp blues vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Carol Fran, best known for a string of single releases in the 1950s and ’60s, died on September 1 in Lafayette from post-COVID complications. She ...

With “traditional” blues as their foundation, some artists and educators working to introduce the music to the next ...

Erwin Helfer, a Chicago boogie woogie innovator and master, has been forging his own piano music legacy. Born in 1936, Erwin has been playing and performing for over forty years. The sounds and ...

The final chapter of "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues," takes the greatest liberties in defining the musical form. Clint Eastwood adds a more personal touch than the other six films as he looks at ...