Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters piloted much of the 1960s blues revival in America, navigating a story line of the blues for a fascinated new audience through his extensive writings and record productions. Charters, born in Pittsburgh on [...]
Bruce Bromberg
Bruce Bromberg has been one of the premier producers of blues and roots music of the past 40 years, known especially for his work with Robert Cray. Although he was born in the blues capital [...]
Walking to New Orleans: The Story of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, by John Broven
British author John Broven's Walking to New Orleans was the first book on the Crescent City's vaunted R&B legacy, and to many it remains the definitive work. Focusing on the recordings of Fats Domino, Lloyd [...]
Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle has reigned as the Queen of the Blues on the Southern soul circuit for years, famed for her many self-penned hits as well as her bold and bawdy stage act. LaSalle, born Ora [...]
Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle, one of the most powerful and expressive blues vocalists of the 1950s, led a life that was, as a sticker on one of her albums advertised, “One part triumph, two parts tragedy.” In [...]
Ain’t Nobody’s Business — Jimmy Witherspoon (Supreme, 1947)
Jimmy Witherspoon applied his ample pipes to revivals of several blues standards from the 1920s and '30s during his November 1947 sessions for Supreme Records in Los Angeles. “Ain't Nobody's Business” was first recorded in [...]
John Hammond
John Hammond, one of the most noted performers to emerge from the folk-blues revival of the 1960s, has sustained a consistent career and maintained a loyal following by remaining true to his sources as he [...]
Robert Cray
Robert Cray helped reenergize the blues scene in the 1980s with a fresh, appealing blend of blues and soul music that even crashed the pop charts. Between 1986 and 1999 his consummate vocals and guitar [...]