Blues News

Yesterday's post on metal bands better than Sabbath got quite a response. Some people were angry that we would even suggest that there are better bands than Sabbath.

Laura Blackley likes the "bad girl" era of music. With her partners in crime Cary Fridley and Mary Ellen Davis, Blackley and the Swayback Sisters write original material melded with traditional, folk and songs from the '20s, when women like Sippie Wallace and Memphis Minnie wrote clever innuendo and sang the blues.

The first annual Blythe River Blues Festival was held May 26, 2012 at Quechan Marina.

I misspelled my middle name for most of my childhood. I was maybe age 10 before there was a total epiphany, when my parents told me that "Jon" had no "h." That's where it stood for 15 years.

Inside every classical music fan is a metalhead waiting to be discovered. At least, that's the sense you get from listening to Before Perils.

It has been confirmed that Rumer Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, will be in at least one episode of the upcoming season on Pretty Little Liars .

The owner of Sonic Unyon Records has worked with an organizing team for several years to bring to life a new Hamilton event.

Blues legend B.B. King makes the trip to Iowa this week for a show at Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona.

The Black Keys perform July 13 at Waterfront Park in Louisville during the Forecastle Festival.

Homemade Jamz is almost entirely grown up, and its fourth album, "Mississippi Hill Country," shows it.

The countdown to Firefly Music Festival is on. Only four weeks out! Last year's inaugural fest in Dover was unbelievably fun, and this year's June 21-23 event promises to build on its momentum.

Mumbai: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who stayed a brief 15 hours in Mumbai, felt "fascinated" by his sojourn in the iconic Taj Mahal and Palace Hotel, officials said.

Twin Peaks will on the same bill May 25 at the Rewind Coffeebar in Courtenay's Tin Town with Tall Cans at right and local singer Brodie Dawson.

If you're looking for a dose of '90s alternative-rock nostalgia - or at least nostalgia for a time when "alternative rock" was a thing - then check out Big Head Todd & the Monstersat bergenPAC.

This month, Bluedog will be one of four bands competing in the final round of Battle of the Blues Bands on April 7th at Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues Uptown in Minneapolis.

The Blues Brothers. Charles Krauthammer. The Addams Family. Katie Couric. The University of Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center unveiled on Wednesday a diverse lineup of plays, musical acts, entertainers and speakers for its upcoming 2013-14 season.

There's nothing quite like the blues, especially when it's live. So sit back and enjoy Hump Day by watching the Donna Hopkins and her band performing "I know You love me" at Steve's Live Music , attached here on Patch.

For the first time in 15 years, there will be no Marin City Blues, Jazz and Soul Party in the Park this Labor Day weekend.

SEAN JOSEPH PATRICK CARNEY wears a tower of hats. His publishing company Social Malpractice - best known for releasing the erotic fan-fiction collection Fucking James Franco - began as a vanity distribution node for Carney's English-to-American translations of classic critical-theory texts .

My favorite time of the year is almost here again, with the arrival of the ninth annual Greeley Blues Jam.