Slash, the famed Guns 'N Roses guitarist, had just dropped the blues album and film 'Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival.' ...

From Blind Willie Johnson to Howlin' Wolf and beyond, Paul McGuinness explores the best blues songs of all time ...

While more emphasis was given elsewhere, these seven acts leaned into blues rock and helped it thrive in the '80s.

Like its Lydian cousin, the Mixolydian mode deviates from the major scale by just one note – the major 7th, which is lowered by a semitone to become a minor 7th. It's a crucial difference that gives ...

Led Zeppelin transformed the 1929 blues song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie into the powerful rock anthem When the ...

From Zeppelin to Queen, these modern bands channel rock legends’ sounds, proving classic rock’s spirit still thrives today ...

If there is a name that is practically synonymous with the blues, it's Buddy Guy. "If you love the blues, you can play it," he told Guitar Player back in 1999. "Every interview I've ever had, I get ...

A review of Derek and the Dominos' 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,' released by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman on Nov. 9 ...

"Ball and Chain" by Big Brother and the Holding Company and "Never Going Back Again" by Fleetwood Mac are underrated classic rock masterpieces.

Like so much rock ‘n’ roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little ...

FILE - Bassist John Lodge of The Moody Blues performs at Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) LONDON (AP) — John Lodge, the singer and bassist of ...

Soft rock songs can’t rock hard, can they? I mean, the name says they can’t. But if soft rock has taught us anything, it’s that you don’t always need volume to be impactful. Rock’s lighter side often ...