2025 really gave John Popper the runaround. As he reveals in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, a series of health mishaps nearly killed him this year, multiple times — but he’s made it ...
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The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) will present Mitch Kashmar in his first appearance for the SBBS in his hometown in six years, Saturday, May 31. The event is at Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E ...
Santiago Vaughan has a nice ring to it. Max Fabulous does, too. But who needs Tex-Mex alter-egos or stage names when Jimmie Vaughan and Max Baca are in the house? Expect an unpredictable Texas melting ...
In the Chicago blues harp club, Bill Lupkin has the chops, the tone, the attitude and the dues paid in full for Real Deal status. Fort Wayne, Indiana product Lupkin made his way to Chicago at the end ...
Back when Arthur Migliazza had hair and Tom Walbank's hair had only hints of grey, the Tucson blues musicians took their act to Memphis and made it to the finals of the 2010 International Blues ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Peter Lodder With the technical skillset of a folk-blues fingerstylist, but the heart, ...
One of Pretoria’s most noteworthy musicians is blues master Dan Patlansky, already dubbed South Africa’s “Mr Blues”. Dan Patlansky is more than a well-known name – he is already a legend in his ...
Justin “GuitarSlayer” Lyons has been a guitar-hero-for-hire for K-pop bands, rapper Lil Wayne and now the Dallas Mavericks. As an emcee roars the names of the Mavs’ starting lineup, GuitarSlayer peels ...
First as half of the duo Cephas and Wiggins and later on his own, he was one of the best-known musicians playing the style known as the Piedmont blues. By Clay Risen Phil Wiggins, a harmonica player ...