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Hes got some of the finest blues chops around, so when the Sob Rock star speaks soloing, its probably wise to listen

Finding new meaning in the public domain with Jake Xerxes Fussell.

GUILFORD — Erin Harpe Country Blues Duo with Jim Countryman will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Springs Farm, 49 Carpenter Hill Road in Guilford.

The following 70 albums span nearly four decades of alt-country and stretch the limits of “whatever that is.”

For guitarists, ragtime can be a joyful excursion filled with fun and quirky moves. I’ve taken inspiration from Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, and the Reverend Gary Davis to piece together a composition I call “Pete’s Barrelhouse Rag.”

Mercury Studios will release on July 7 a special three-CD boxed set of Hot Tuna, in-concert from the ‘90’s. Complete with full acoustic band—no drums—at The Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California two nights in a row, and at Stove’s in Yokohama, Japan. Originally released by Relix in the ‘90s, then reissued/remastered with bonus tracks by Eagle Records in 2004, the box will house for the first time all three shows in one sterling package complete with poster.

'Roscoe's not easy to walk away from, huh?'

Blues music is an essential part of American musical history and culture, and has had a significant impact on the evolution of popular music around the world. From its roots in the African-American communities of the Deep South, the blues genre has spread across the globe, influencing countless artists and inspiring new styles of music.

Lynyrd Skynyrd easily beat Ray Charles to be named as Jacksonvilles favorite homegrown music act. So when are we changing the name to Skynyrdville?

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life.