Grant Britt

Johnny Winter cast a long shadow. The fiery blues-rocker and arguably best slide player of all time influenced a generation of guitarists, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, sending young rock fans back to the blues roots to discover the Black artists Winter dug up,

He looks like he's having a seizure, flailing his guitar like a man possessed, trying to beat the demons out of his instrument. Videos of Son House performing “Death Letter” are a frightening spectacle. Wailing like a lost soul, House delivers a chilling narrative of viewing his former

The last thing Swamp Dogg needs is Auto-Tune. The Dogg has enough power and bombast on his own to get him out of any vocal situation that should arise. And who really gives a damn if he's in tune or not? He's always in the

For the past 25 years, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson have been relaying muddy-footed, shimmying missives from their Hernando, Mississippi, home as the North Mississippi Allstars. Their lineup has changed a bit over the years, with longtime bassist Chris Chew leaving in 2015 after nearly 20 years of service.

Although it's a small drop-in on a wee spit of land, Louis Michot and Leyla McCalla's latest project, a five-song EP titled Tiny Island, makes a big splash. The Cajun fiddler and his Melody Makers — guitarist Mark Bingham, bassist Bryan Webre, and drummer Kirkland

EDITOR'S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn't get a chance to review but we think are worthy of your attention. Stayed Prayed Up was