By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefHey, have you guys heard anything about this Lana Del Rey person? I feel like no one's talking about her. What I wouldn't give to find out any information on her. Seems real mysterious. Well,… more »

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief Hey, have you guys heard anything about this Lana Del Rey person? I feel like no one's talking about her. What I wouldn't give to find out any information on her. Seems real mysterious. Well,… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorHubert Sumlin, who died of heart failure on Dec. 4, 2011, at age 80, had two careers as a bluesman. He is best known, of course, as a sideman - the incendiary guitarist who went mano a mano with Howlin' Wolf's apocalyptic voice. After Wolf died early in 1976, Sumlin and the band stayed together under saxophonist Eddie Shaw as the Wolf Gang until the guitarist went solo at the end of the decade. It is a measure of his easygoing, almost deferential, personality that, as both a sideman and a frontman, Sumlin started slow before coming on strong. But his death leaves a huge hole in what passes for the blues scene today; there will never be another guitarist quite like Hubert Sumlin. Just as there will never again be a relationship in American music quite like that of Sumlin and Howlin' Wolf. The two first met when a teenage… more »

By Wayne Robins, eMusic ContributorHas any '60s band had such a prolific afterlife as the Doors? The Los Angeles quartet - singer Jim Morrison, keyboard player Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore - broke on through… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorThey're the beneficiaries of a rather unlikely tribute album and a primary inspiration and/or influence for numerous contemporary string bands, from the high-profile Carolina Chocolate Drops to Geoff Muldaur's one-off collaborators the Texas Sheiks. No… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorYou can't say Revenant Records doesn't do right by its artists. Consider Exhibit A, the label's spectacular Grammy-winning box set, Screamin 'and Hollerin 'the Blues - The Worlds Of Charley Patton. There's a copy sitting… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorThe biggest debate in blues circles these days is, "where did the blues begin?" Ever since the blues revival of the 50s and 60s, the answer has been "the Mississippi Delta." But in recent years,… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorThe Moneywasters Social Club had sold 557 tickets (50 cents in advance, 65 at the door) to its dance at the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Mississippi, on April 23, 1940. Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra, originally scheduled… more »

By John Morthland, eMusic ContributorQuick, name all the major blues stars you can think of who aren't guitarists. Applying the term "major star" liberally, there's Marcia Ball, Dr. John and Pinetop Perkins on piano; Kim Wilson, Carey Bell, Charlie… more »