In a world where we’re so often encouraged to expand our vocabulary, learn more scales, play over complex changes and improve our technique, this example solo takes the contrary ...

Just as the tension between the Robinson brothers sparks so much of the Crowes’ magic, the band’s 10th album finds a natural balance between raucousness and reflection.

Former Faces vocalist Rod Stewart has many sexually-charged songs, but 'Kookooaramabama' is by far the most up-front, and ...

Angelique Francis has a message for those who contend that Ottawa Bluesfest abandoned its roots as a blues festival long ago: Get over it.

Hannah Cohen’s Earthstar Mountain, her newest release and the strongest of her career, is a collection of songs that are contemplative (“Dusty”), defiant (“Draggin’”), delicate (“Mountain”), ethereal ...

Acclaimed pop, blues, jazz and soul singing sensation Sarah Jane Morris is proving once again that sisters are doing it for ...

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Introspective, politically conscious, authentic? The singer-songwriters of the 1970s were some or all of these things ...

The distinctly Celtic anthem serves as an auditory bridge for the transition from the frosty throes of winter blues to the flowery vitality of spring. Narratively, Stewart provides a reminder to be ...

Originally published in Uncut Take 113 [June 2008 issue], we profile Karen Dalton - the queen of Greenwich Village, a bewitching blues singer adored by everyone from Bob Dylan to Fred Neil. But why ...

In groups big and small, AACM reedist Ed Wilkerson has combined the joyous immediacy of early jazz with the daring collisions of the avant-garde.