Architect Of The Blues Revolution

The earthy, soulful blues of Otis Taylor are an engagement with marginalised history and everyday emotion. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Otis Taylor is an unconventional American blues musician — unusual because of the variety of musical texture he brings to the regular blues structure. … Read More

Betsy Badwater signs record contract and takes charge of own tattoo studio

Steeped in all of Americana, Badwater’s music is rooted in the blues, and all else — rock, country and rockabilly ravers — evolve from there. But it’s the … Read More

Troubadour Steve Earle gets the blues on latest album, ‘Terraplane’

Sonically speaking, “Terraplane” is blues in the way that Earle has … “I probably thought I was God’s gift to country music for a second; then I realized … Read More