From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time ...

To get you started we’re looking at some chords in the guitar-friendly key of A. You’ve probably heard of a I-IV-V (one-four-five) progression - it’s a common blues chord sequence and its name tells ...

From Jimi Hendrix to Cream, Carlos Santana names the four greatest guitar solos of all time, tracing their roots from the ...

Veteran guitarist Sue Foley knows a thing or two about blues, having cut her teeth in the genre with 15 albums under her belt and countless miles racked up touring across the globe. Wielding a pink ...

Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he ...

93. The Edge on U2′s “Bullet the Blue Sky” “Bullet the Blue Sky” sticks out like a sore thumb on “The Joshua Tree,” an otherwise modest record in terms of its musical arrangements. The Edge’s guitar, ...

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 ...

Black History Month is always a great time to recall some of Houston’s greatest musical innovators and leaders. This is our final installment. Great Houston blues guitarists makes a long and storied ...

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 ...

Rock has seen its share of great axmen. You know, the guys who make the guitars sing and ring out with the greatest riffs known to everyone. We’re taking a look at 21 of the best of the best—the ...

In the hands of someone who really knows how to use one, a guitar can sing, kiss, scream, groove or dream. Although Alabama’s better known for singers, the state’s also produced many a gifted ...