A former blues-guitar wunderkind who has five albums that charted in the Top 50 of Billboard is coming to ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it has been announced. Also coming is a swamp-blues rocker ...

Louisiana-based guitarist and harpist Leslie Johnson got the nickname “Lazy Lester” in 1957, ostensibly because Excello Records producer Jay Miller thought it suited Johnson’s relaxed style, ...

Lazy Lester, a singer, harmonica player and guitarist from Louisiana whose country- and Cajun-tinged sound made him an architect of the style known as swamp blues, died Wednesday at his home in ...

Friday, Jimmy Thackery is at Black-eyed Sally's. Thackery has been a festival headliner and has jammed for hours in many of the blues bars across the nation that keep the music alive. You can expect ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Selwyn Cooper & the Hurricane Blues Bands brings the blues back to the Livingston Depot Center, 8 ...

No need to wonder what kind of music the roots-based Selwyn Birchwood plays. He describes it for us as “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues.” That distinctive gumbo continues on this, his fourth album for ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Whitsunday. Followed categories will be added to My News. One of the hardest working musicians on the international circuit, 8 Ball currently resides in Austin, ...

Swamp-blues guitar slinger Tab Benoit is set to headline an electric guitar-powered bill that'll include Catherine Denise, Sol Driven Train and Granvil Poynter. The gathering also will feature the ...