Only Willie Nelson. This week, the legendary Mickey Raphael is a guest on the Drifting Cowboy podcast, and of course, he is Willie's longtime harmonica player, and has been in Willie's band since 1973 ...

When discussing the best classic rock song from every year of the 1960s, classics like "Paint It Black" and "The End" are ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles ...

Elements of the blues traveled to America with enslaved people from Africa, and reached full flower in the Mississippi Delta.

Longtime live music venue The Howlin' Wolf remains open for business after an SUV plowed through the entrance to its main hall over the weekend, pulling down the building's exterior wall and injuring ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Slash bonded with Brian Johnson over their shared love of Howlin’ Wolf. The Guns N’ Roses rocker enlisted stars including Steven Tyler, Iggy Pop and Demi Lovato to make guest appearances on his new ...

Nobody did the blues quite like Howlin’ Wolf. He was an incredible electric Chicago blues artist, with a powerful voice, excellent harmonica skills, and legendary prowess with the electric guitar. He ...

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society will present Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations in a free concert from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Whiskey Stop in East Moline. Arbuckle, known for his work with Moreland ...

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist shared how the collaboration came about in a recent interview with the Swedish radio station Rokklassiker. Slash explained that in putting the star-studded album together, ...