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Renowned blues guitarist Tinsley Ellis announced a new album, 'Naked Truth,' and shared the Col. Bruce Hampton-inspired, "Devil In The Room."

Ditch the pick and dive into these fingerpicking style guitar lessons on some of blues guitars finest fingerstylists, including Eric Bibb, Rory Gallagher and Leo Kottke

On Friday, February 9, 2024, Alligator Records will release Naked Truth, the first-ever solo acoustic album from world-renowned Atlanta-based guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis. The new album is steeped in the folk blues traditions of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Son House, Robert Johnson and even Leo Kottke. To the casual fan, this might seem to be a new direction, but for Ellis, it’s an extension of his music, as he taps into the raw essence of the blues.

Located on Milwaukee’s East Side, the Avant-Garde Coffeehouse was the center for music and all things countercultural in the ‘60s.

Bonnie Raitt, who celebrates her birthday today, sat in with the Grateful Dead only one memorable time.

Fire Capt. Fred McDowell is polishing his bugle and revving up his 1945 Willys Army Jeep as he prepares to play Taps on Veteran's Day, a tribute he's paid to veterans, like his father, for decades But his tribute goes deeper- he re-lives World War II history

The founder of Arhoolie Records photographed and recorded musicians across the U.S., from stages and front porches to studios and backyard parties

Beyond his precious recordings, a new book celebrates the documentarian's photos of essential roots musicians

A midcentury-modern house in Claremont, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a 1937 home in Glendale.

"The Blues Society," a new feature documentary from director Augusta Palmer, will have its world premiere at the Indie Memphis Film Festival.