Willie Dixon

Uncle John Turner, 1944-2007

Drenched in Blog: Hall of Fame Nominations a Big Cleveland Steamer

Junior Wells

Calling All Blues: The Chief, Profile and USA Recordings (Fuel 2000 Records)

Deke Dickerson & His Ecco-Fonics

Saturday, April 6

Eyeballin': Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led Zeppelin

Even the most naïve and surface Led Zeppelin listener tell you at least that they were influenced "by the blues." But this insightful and surprisingly solid documentary goes way further in delving into the sound and the performers which were in the minds (and on the home stereos) of Mssrs. Page an ... More >>

Rotation

Even the most naïve and surface Led Zeppelin listener tell you at least that they were influenced "by the blues." But this insightful and surprisingly solid documentary goes way further in delving into the sound and the performers which were in the minds (and on the home stereos) of Mssrs. Page an ... More >>

Simply Beastie

Even the most naïve and surface Led Zeppelin listener tell you at least that they were influenced "by the blues." But this insightful and surprisingly solid documentary goes way further in delving into the sound and the performers which were in the minds (and on the home stereos) of Mssrs. Page an ... More >>

Rotation

Even the most naïve and surface Led Zeppelin listener tell you at least that they were influenced "by the blues." But this insightful and surprisingly solid documentary goes way further in delving into the sound and the performers which were in the minds (and on the home stereos) of Mssrs. Page an ... More >>

Happy Trails

A cowboy's name hasn't kept bluesman Roy Rogers off his chosen range

Swing Time

The Royal Crown Revue doesn't just lounge around

A World of the Blues

Johnny Copeland's music stretches from Houston to Africa and beyond

No More Same Old, Same Old

Buddy Guy finally gets the respect he's always wanted

Nails in the Coffin

Five decades of Chess Records lead to a blues stalemate

Color of the Blues

Five decades of Chess Records lead to a blues stalemate

Rotation

Five decades of Chess Records lead to a blues stalemate

Cadillac Records Can't Handle the Truth

Spinning Blues into Lies

CD Reviews

Blues music releases

The Gospel According to Gnarls

Cee-Lo breaks down the genius behind St. Elsewhere

Standing Behind the Man

Playing in Chuck Berry's pickup band can be a trial by rock and roll fire

Van Gogh with a Resonator

Remembering Chris Whitley, the universal bluesman

Hidden Treasures

Introducing some of the best discs you've never heard

The Detroit Cobras

Thursday, October 27, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

Playbill

Thursday, October 27, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

Music Awards Survey

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Playbill

A rundown of every act on this year's bill

Chuck E. Weiss

Old Souls & Wolf Tracks (Ryko/Slow River)

Local Rotation

Local Music Reviewed

Down the Drain

Downsizing may not be treating city water workers -- or what we drink-- safely

My Kinda Sound

Chicago plays home to the blues in Houston

The Preacher Returns

Chicago plays home to the blues in Houston

Live at Liberty Hall

The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

Bob Dylan: Together Through Life

The short but storied past of Houston's legendary live music venue.

Beyond His Years

A bluesman since age ten, Bernard Allison has learned his lessons well.

Tracy Nelson, Victim Of The Blues, Embraces Muddy & Lightnin'

Robert Hakins​Long acclaimed as one of the truly great singers of the modern era, at 66 Tracy Nelson still has the fire for performing great songs. Her latest project, Victim of the Blues, is a loving caress to her original passion: Old-school blues, particularly the Chicago variety. Nelson's ... More >>

Old School

Musicians in their 70s and 80s are keeping Houston's traditional blues scene real.