Quietly published in 2024 with little to no fanfare, Cecile Picou's dual biography of New Orleans' Jimmie Noone and his son, San Diego's Jimmy Noone Jr., offers some wonderful insights to San Diego's ...

The 2025-26 season is around the corner, and although there is plenty of excitement surrounding the St. Louis Blues' NHL roster, their prospects carry just as much hype. The Blues and GM Doug ...

Gary Clark Jr. was billed as the next big bluesman, following in the tradition of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robert Cray, when he was signed by Warner Bros. and unveiled at the 2012 Coachella. Since then, ...

ZZ Top have recorded some great blues songs over the years – none of them better than the one on which Billy Gibbons played a Stratocaster gifted to him by the most revered guitarist of them all. It ...

Long before Gary Clark Jr. jammed with Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, and Foo Fighters, and headlined festivals all across the globe, he was an unknown, unsigned blues guitarist in his hometown of ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. With all the modern amplifier and effects technology available today, there's still something to be said for the classic sound you ...

Though he would most likely embrace this notion reluctantly, if at all, Gary Clark Jr. stands tall among the few contemporary artists with the creative imagination and technical ability to reach every ...

To quote the Smiths, fame fame fatale fame, it can play hideous tricks on the brain. That’s what’s happening in the album-opening title track from People Watching, the third LP by U.K. pop-rock star ...

John Lee Hooker Jr., author of the new memoir "From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption", joined us to share his triumphant story of a man who was lost but found his ...

George Folsey Jr., the veteran film editor behind classic films such as “Coming to America” and “Animal House,” died Dec. 29. He was 84. Variety learned the news from Folsey Jr.’s son Ryan Folsey, who ...