With the miracle publication of blues researchers Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's unfinished monolith Blues Come to Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2019), it is worth reconsidering the first ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future/Phil Barker With an ultra-clean fingerpicking technique and a vocal delivery that ...

“There would be no Black Keys without this music,” said Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. `Hill Country Blues’represents the concentric circle where we crossed over musically as teenagers. To celebrate ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

June is Black Music Month, and we’re celebrating the musical accomplishments and contributions of Black artists in all the various genres. Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside is an artist from a genre ...

“There’s no sugar-coatin’ anything—it is what it is—and that’s what Hill Country blues is all about,” Cedric Burnside tells American Songwriter over the phone. “It’s about the unorthodox changes, and ...

Irmo, South Carolina resident Marquia Thompson isn't as huge of a country music fan as her grandmother, 82-year-old groundbreaking African-American female country artist Linda Martell. However, she is ...

Spotify has announced the launch of a new official playlist, titled ‘Hill Country Blues.’ The streaming service tapped The Black Keys to curate a portion of the playlist. ‘Hill Country Blues’ will ...

It's now been 20 years since Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney formed one of the biggest rock acts of the 21st century — The Black Keys — and 10 since they moved their band from Akron, Ohio, to ...

Northern Nevada has been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name acts and up-and-coming artists this fall and winter continues in that tradition. From now through the ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...