Compared to their first decade as a band, The Rolling Stones have not been a particularly prolific outfit during the 21st century, with just three studio albums of original material (plus four new ...

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Five science professors formed the Professors, a bluegrass/folk band that performed for 44 years, beginning in 1967 when ...

Following up on his surprise success, 2024’s raw, hard-rocking No Name, Jack White toured the world, delivering fiery ...

With his live album and concert film out now, Slash explains why he's still got the blues and that ain't bad ...

It’s no secret that Island sounds are amongst the most popular in San Diego, with Ocean Beach the center for a hotbed of San Diego talent. Several of the area’s most popular groups relocated to San ...

The first time you pick up an electric guitar and chase that bent-note wail, something in your chest shifts. Blues is not polite music. It is sweat, ache, and the stubborn refusal to stay quiet. Yet ...

The bass guitar is the unassuming thunder that gives rock music its indispensable power and undeniable swagger. It is the hidden genius of the rhythm section, tasked with doing far more than simply ...

Some musicians fall into the blues. Sue Foley had a calling. “It spoke to my soul, my spirit,” the Canadian-born Austinite said last month during a phone call to talk about headlining Tucson’s 2025 ...

W.C. Clark on the cover of the Chronicle in 1998 Austin musician W.C. Clark, known as “the Godfather of Austin Blues” and a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died. He was 84. After learning guitar at ...

The epic story behind Paul McCartney‘s stolen bass guitar, which was returned to him in 2024 after 51 years, will be told in a new feature-length documentary directed by Arthur Cary (“Surviving 9/11,” ...

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 ...