A top 5 holiday blues songs from Matthew Socey and a listen back to a Small Studio Session from The Leisure Kings.

Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak. But so much of the genre is also very upbeat, comedic, and loaded with innuendo. Let’s take a ...

As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ...

As a songwriter, Neil Young is one of music's most revered. Despite his well loved performances, he believed these blues ...

Sombre Xmas tunes may resonate with those who cannot see their holiday experience reflected in the escapist fantasies of ...

Singing is very important in blues music too. The words in blues songs usually explain how the singer is feeling. These feelings are often sad. There are many different instruments used in jazz ...

Blues guitarist Samantha Fish and iconic rocker Mitch Ryder on performing with Ghalia Volt, Bernard Allison and Canned Heat ...

Though these songs have a hard rock edge, blues is the stronger influence in the solos, so minor pentatonic and blues scales ...