Widely known as the Father of the Delta Blues, Charley Patton is generally recognized as one of the most influential blues artists active in the first decades of the 20th century. Although no single individual can be credited with inventing…
Get your guitar into open G tuning and learn to play bottleneck slide in the style of this influential blues guitarist.
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Learn the styles of 12 all-time great pre- and postwar guitarists, from Elizabeth Cotten to Charley Patton to Alvin Youngblood Hart.
Our wide-ranging interview with the blues legends was a frequently funny call and response between Mo’ and his humble baritone and Mahal’s gravelly, cosmic perspectives.
Fahey’s version of “Uncloudy Day” was originally released on his 1959 debut, Blind Joe Death.
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The performances by Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky on Diggin’ in John’s Backyard sound like a couple of (really talented) pals casually sitting on the front porch pickin’, blowin’, and singin’.
The mood on Charlie Musselwhite's Mississippi Son is laid-back, as the guitarist delivers fingerpicked country blues on both acoustic and electric guitars.
Here we highlight female blues guitarists who helped shaped the blues; masterly musicians who don’t always receive the recognition they deserve.
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Explore history of fingerstyle guitar, as well as some of the more influential players and examples of the technique in different genres.
The sound of blues players on a budget remains an aesthetic legacy to the present day.
