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Jim McCarty gained international fame as a rock ‘n’ roll guitarist. With the Detroit Blues Band and his current group Mystery Train, McCarty has earned renown as a blues artist. Who would have ...
Jarno Keskinen, a Finnish musician best known for playing with bands Kenziner and Virtuocity, has died at 52 years old.
With Motown of the '60s and the Detroit techno scene in the late '80s and '90s, some of our other ... including the bass guitar and piano. The blues scene emerged out of a Detroit neighborhood ...
He is considered a master and originator of the electric guitar-style adaptation of the Delta blues. Don’t ever let anyone tell you Detroit isn’t dope. We invented techno, birthed the sweet ...
The ‘90s supposedly “killed the guitar solo.” Yet even amid a decade ... debut album include cathartic banger “Shakin’ the Blues.” Mainstream music history tends to remember Jackyl ...
John Mayall, one of the most important players in the history of blues guitar, has died aged 90. The legendary British guitarist was the mastermind behind the Bluesbreakers, helping launch the ...
The lounge has a cool vibe, and, at any given time, blues magic happens. Detroit's Raven Lounge and Restaurant owner Tommy Stephens, left, greets a customer at the bar as regular guitarist Derrick ...
Thousands came to downtown Detroit for the fourth year of RADwood Detroit, a celebration of '80s and '90s culture that is focused on the automotive style of the era. There were about 300 cars ...
Detroit music journalist Gary Graff has a new book discussing some of the most influential artists and albums of the 90s. The unhealthiest fast-food sandwich in America isn't a Big Mac ...
We asked Blues Traveler’s founding guitarist, Chan Kinchla, what audiences can expect from the show and why the ’90s are back in style. Courtesy of the Pound Ridge Harvest Festival Tell us about your ...
the hugely influential British blues guitarist who shot to fame in the 1960s, has died at the age of 90. In a social media post, Mayall’s family wrote that he died yesterday (July 22 ...
John Mayall, a musician often called the godfather of British blues and whose 1960s band the Bluesbreakers helped launch the careers of rock star Eric Clapton and members of Fleetwood Mac, the ...