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PLUS Skip James’ Bentonia blues legacy, John McLaughlin, Steve Morse, Jake Shimabukuro, Mike McCready, and Sonny Landreth on the late Howard Alexander Dumble. Plus – 2 unique covers!

Take a look at some of the songs Robert Johnson played in open tunings and learn how to use his melodic and rhythmic ideas in any 12-bar blues.

The late Mark Lanegan sang "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" with Kurt Cobain in 1990, three years before the Nirvana 'Unplugged' rendition.

From Canada and beyond, here are some great jazz albums you can find on Bandcamp to directly support the artists who made them.

Welcome back Chris Smither to the Bull Run. Read more about this event on Boston.com.

The two principal open tunings used in blues guitar playing have old, vernacular American names that I still like to use: Vastopol and Spanish.

To learn more about Larkin Poe's journey from acoustic roots music to amped-up rock, we caught up with the sisters by phone from their home bases in Nashville.

On the evening of June 23, 1964, a red Volkswagen Beetle bearing three blues enthusiasts arrived in Rochester, N.Y. The young men were following a trail of clues in their search of a legend, and they found him sitting on the steps of an apartment building at 61 Greig Street. “This is him,” Son House said.

The Austin-based blues singer's debut is a compelling acoustic work

A new collection of previously-unreleased Son House recordings will be released by Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound next year.