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Steve Vai: The Story of Light

5270 days ago
Here Comes The Flood — photo: Larry Dimarzio It was popular game among guitar geeks in the Eighties: who is the better guitar player? Steve Vai or Joe Satriani. Vai played with Zappa as his resident stunt guitarist, Satriani was far more prolific as a composer and scored ... more info

Music Matters honours blues legend with animated tribute

5301 days ago
Gigwise — Robert Johnson's 101st birthday marked with new video - watch more info

Dylan's debut album 50 years on: the birth of an enigma

5353 days ago
Guardian Music — Released on 19 March 1962, Bob Dylan's debut remains a landmark of popular cultureA rollicking rush on guitar is followed by the line, "I don't know why I love you like I do", sung with something between a hollow laugh and a stab of pain; and after o... more info

VIDEO: LIVING COLOUR PERFORM ROBERT JOHNSON’S “PREACHIN’ BLUES” AT THE APOLLO THEATER IN NEW YORK

5361 days ago
Metalsucks — Earlier this week, The Blues Hall of Fame held an all-star benefit concert, dubbed “Robert Johnson at 100,” at the Apollo Theater here in New York. In case the title didn’t give it away, the concert featured a whole mess of cool artists — in... more info

New music: ZZ Ward – Overdue

5361 days ago
Guardian Music — A blues-rap gem that shows this ZZ is topZZ Ward refers to her sound – a bluesy take on hip-hop – as "dirty shine", likening it to "backyard sauce that's so pure but so hard to swallow". Raised on a musical diet of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters... more info

What's going on Tuesday?

5364 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — Fanfarlo @ Glasslands in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Charlene Kaye @ S.O.B.'s * Steve Reich @ BAM * Robert Johnson @ 100 @ Apollo * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Paul Kelly @ Rockwood... more info

What's going on Monday?

5365 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * naked people @ UCB * Hot Tub @ Littlefield * Swingadelic @ Maxwell's * Bjork @ Roseland Ballroom * Daytona, Fenster @ Cake Shop * Robert Johnson @ City Winery *... more info

Barack Obama sings the blues, confidently

5377 days ago
Guardian Music — US president's refrain of Sweet Home Chicago reveals a confident voice, albeit a little awkward and straining on the high notesThere's nothing new in Democratic presidents taking to the stage. So it should come as no surprise that Barack Obama succum... more info

Ian Spink obituary

5446 days ago
Guardian Music — Expert on 17th-century English musicThe musicologist Ian Spink's studies of English 17th-century music, from both before and after the civil war, particularly of song and church music, greatly enhanced our understanding of this period. Ian, who has ... more info

Roots playing Okayplayer holiday party & Robert Johnson's birthday (but not whatever they want on Fallon anymore)

5447 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots on the Intrepid (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The Roots and "special surprise guests" will celebrate the holdays at their 5th Annual Okayplayer Holiday Jam, which goes down at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday (12/15), followed by the usual Questl... more info

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