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Multi-award-winning blues singer/guitarist Rory Block will release the fourth CD in her "Mentor Series" on June 4 with Avalon on Stony Plain Records , a tribute to blues master Mississippi John Hurt .

The Glasgow musician is a fairly regular visitor to the Ouseburn venue and he covers a range of styles, from alt.country and rockabilly to his powerful interpretations of pre-War delta blues.

If you play Six Degrees of Separation with Kendrick Lamar and Eric Clapton, it only takes two steps to make a connection between 2013's hottest rapper and the rock legend.

When you think of hot blues slide guitarists names like Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, and Ry Cooder come to mind.But one new-generation axe master stands alone - guitar renegade Eli Cook, who will be opening for legendary Johnny Winter at SXSW in Austin, TX on March 12th .

This weekend, roots music fans can take a break from all the hype surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival on U.S. soil by attending concerts that will honor a British guitarist who came to the U.S. a few years later, Eric Clapton.

Charlie Parr says he's "not a crowd guy." Which is kind of funny, because the only time I've ever seen him, he was surrounded by quite a crowd.