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Kirchen, Bill - Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods - Amazon.com Music

As tickets are flying for his upcoming 3Arena shows, we revisit our chat with Andrew Hozier-Byrne about his short-lived break from touring, his duet with Mav...

Robert Plant picks his favorite vocalists. Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant, who is also one of the most famous artists with his style.

Louisiana culture consists of creole food, marshy swamps and the infamous French-Spanish architecture. But what ties it all together is the music deeply rooted throughout South Louisiana: blues.

A writer of haunting, uncategorizable songs, she once seemed poised for runaway fame. But only decades after she disappeared has her music found an audience.

In the folk music boom in New York in the 1960s, the music of guitarist Mississippi John Hurt was a huge influence on players like Happy Traum, John Sebastian, and others.

Maria Muldaur - Yes We Can! - Amazon.com Music

How the Grammy-winning maverick cheated death and became one of blues’ biggest innovators

Common Chord presents an uncommon concert on Friday, April 7 at 8 p.m., in the Redstone Room, 129 Main St., Davenport. In the candlelit evening of “Songs & Stories,” you can experience the magic of a listening room event unlike any other in the Redstone Room. Headlined by prolific Americana songwriter and guitarist David G. […]

Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Sub Pop (16/44.1, Qobuz). 2022. Natalie Mering and Jonathan Rado, prods.; Kenny Gilmore, eng. Performance ***** Sonics **** "These songs may not be manifestos or solutions, but I know they shed light on the meaning of our contemporary disillusionment." So says singer-songwriter Natalie Mering about her latest album under the name Weyes Blood (pronounced like "wise," a tribute to a novel by Flannery O'Connor).