It's easy to play the blues—or at the very least it's easy to learn the basics—but keeping the form fresh and interesting is another matter entirely. Likewise, any beginner can tackle a quiet ballad, ...

Today we explore the bittersweet, Ethiopian world of "TEZETA" (PRON: te-ze-TAH). "Tezeta" means "memory" or "nostalgia". Originally Ethiopia's favourite traditional song, it's now a whole genre, a ...

To celebrate her 15th year on the air, Darlene Lopez re-created her studio set-up on-stage at the Hollywood Playhouse. The elfin hostess of The Sunday Blues With Dar was emceeing a multi-band ...

Bandits, Ballads and Blues is almost certainly the final album by James Talley, the Nashville singer-songwriter who cemented his place in history as one of the great musical storytellers with a ...

The blues-punk power trio Jon Spencer Blues Explosion never disperse from the scene for long, and they regrouped earlier this year for their 10th album Freedom Tower – No Wave Dance Party 2015. These ...

Call Brad Mehldau's Blues and Ballads the pianist's "Every Man Set." There has been, from the beginning of Mehldau's career, a sense of the cerebral in his approach, with its classical music ...

The American pianist’s current trio has been together for over a decade, yet this set of covers is their first release since 2012. Each track is a beautifully crafted, richly detailed miniature with ...