A former blues-guitar wunderkind who has five albums that charted in the Top 50 of Billboard is coming to ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it has been announced. Also coming is a swamp-blues rocker ...

Louisiana-based guitarist and harpist Leslie Johnson got the nickname “Lazy Lester” in 1957, ostensibly because Excello Records producer Jay Miller thought it suited Johnson’s relaxed style, ...

Friday, Jimmy Thackery is at Black-eyed Sally's. Thackery has been a festival headliner and has jammed for hours in many of the blues bars across the nation that keep the music alive. You can expect ...

No need to wonder what kind of music the roots-based Selwyn Birchwood plays. He describes it for us as “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues.” That distinctive gumbo continues on this, his fourth album for ...

Swamp-blues guitar slinger Tab Benoit is set to headline an electric guitar-powered bill that'll include Catherine Denise, Sol Driven Train and Granvil Poynter. The gathering also will feature the ...