From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid the technological and cultural explosion of the 1950s. In my 30 years as a music journalist, I have ...

When one thinks back on the most iconic albums from the 1970s, they likely think of albums by the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, and so on. Now, all of the albums created by those ...

Since its vinyl release in 1967, blues aficionados have put Born Under a Bad Sign on a pedestal—many considering it one of the best electric blues albums of all time. While it is a true classic, it’s ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

Blues recordings made a strong showing this year. The trend across all genres of music continues to marginalize artist income from recordings and depreciate the value of intellectual property. This ...