Mercury News, California — Bluesman Mayall plays the Fountain Blues Festival in July; Loeb is a headliner at Art & Soul Oakland in August. more info

Guardian Music — My brother Peter Galpin, a talented jazz, blues and soul guitarist, has died aged 62 after suffering from mesothelioma. For the past 20 years he lived in Oxford, where he became well known in the local music scene. He used the nickname "Mr Chill Out"... more info

Guardian Music — In a clip from BB King: The Life of Riley, a new documentary directed by Jon Brewer, Bobby Bland, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Aaron Neville and Eric Clapton talk about the great bluesman more info

Guardian Music — Bands such as the Von Hertzen Brothers, Gazpacho and Touchstone suggest the spirit of prog lives on. That's why I'm honoured to be hosting the first ever progressive music awardsIt was all Murray Sim's fault. He lived near me on the outskirts of Edin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Buddy Guy bring the blues to the people, 7/11/2012 Nothing says the blues like the World Financial Center, in the heart of Battery Park City, with massive VIP pens of suits and their female equivalents...... more info

Guardian Music — Saxophonist who adapted to the passing fashions in blues and jazzIn a long performing career, the saxophonist Red Holloway, who has died aged 84, criss-crossed musical genres, content to play in blues bands, bebop combos or 16-piece orchestras. A mas... more info

Guardian Music — Founder member of Fleetwood Mac and a stalwart of the British blues sceneBob Brunning, a founder member of Fleetwood Mac and a stalwart of the British blues scene for five decades, has died after a heart attack aged 68. Brunning played with the group... more info

Guardian Music — April 1965: Number 7 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicNothing is more central to rock mythology than the cult of the lead guitarist. And no one did more to create that cult than Eric Clapton. He had already been a member... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThis was billed as the London guitar festival's celebration of 60 years of British blues, but Jack Bruce hasn't been playing for quite that long. He first shook up the British music scene a mere 50 years ago, as a teenager,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — BBC Series exploring the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. In the 60s young people in the UK were tired of pop and started listening to American blues. The British blues boom threw up two of the biggest bands of the late 60s an... more info