A new documentary, ‘The Long Road’, follows guitarist Jared James Nichols's rise from Wisconsin to the global stage.

The Strokes took home the Grammy award for best rock album for The New Abnormal on Sunday, beating out the likes of Grace Potter and Sturgill Simpson and marking the influential garage rock band’s ...

The fusion subgenre known as blues rock came together in the early 1960s in the US and UK. It didn’t really kick off in a massive way until the late 1960s and early 1970s, during which some of the ...

His gritty guitar sound, sly humor and unforgettable live shows turned him into a continued favorite in Canadian rock.

John Mayall and Eric Clapton's landmark 1966 album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton reaches its 60th anniversary, celebrating one of the defining recordings in British blues rock.

The late 19th and early 20th century work songs and spirituals of the Mississippi Delta have traveled far. They came from Freddie Spruell, Charley Patton, Eddie “Son” House, Chester Burnett (Howlin’ ...

For fans of classic blues-rock music, the early 1970s produced some of the genre's greatest albums. Bands like The Allman Brothers Band,ZZ Top, and Led Zeppelin transformed Delta blues into ...

Saturday’s event promises to showcase the extraordinary talents of award-winning musicians Johnny Rawls and the Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival band Johnny Rawls, a soul blues singer, guitarist, ...

His 1960s band, the Blues Project, won a following with a driving, experimental approach to traditional material that was anything but purist. By Jon Pareles See more of our coverage in your search ...

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...