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Veteran blueswoman Rory Block has never strayed far from the traditional roots of her mentor, Son House, in a decades-long career that has remained fiercely focused on purity, not commercial success.

Jeremy Pinnell’s latest LP edges away from the strictly traditional country sound that anchored his early records, where ...

Corrects the day Dance Port Townsend hosts a dance at the Masonic Lodge in Port Townsend. TO START THIS new year off right, read on to find a wide variety of musical events to shake off any ...

Most of the songs on Gail Ceasar’s debut album fit its title, “Guitar Woman Blues.” But alongside such blues standards as “Sweet Home Chicago” is a version of “Rocky Top,” a tune usually performed by ...

Swoon the night away on the dance floor at the annual Johnny Rawls Valentine’s Day Love Fest at 9 p.m. Friday at Bradfordville Blues Club, 7152 Moses Lane. It’s a tradition for the silky-smooth soul ...

Award-winning guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Selwyn Birchwood discovered his passion for the blues young. He was 13 when ...

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