There are far too many blues innovators to mention them all but listen to Delta pioneers Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to appreciate the roots of the genre. Thomann just carved some ...

A definitive list of 25 licks spanning the entire blues-rock universe is a contentious thing; we’d all come up with different results. These are simply a set of phrases that could form the core of a ...

LOS ANGELES — “It’s not a great time for music,” Joe Bonamassa says, his fingers reflexively rolling over the frets of an unplugged Gibson. Now, try playing the blues. That’s Bonamassa’s music. It’s ...

Update: 5:37 p.m. The show is on -- fingers crossed the rain stays away! As part of Hoboken's Summer Music series, blues guitarist Joe Taino-- that's him above, performing at the Stone Pony -- is ...