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

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New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...

Eddie Hope (middle of the back row) with the Royal Sheiks in 1962. Credit: Photo from the Eddie Hope Family Archives/Courtesy of Wienerworld To the casual music listener, blues music may seem like a ...

One of the youngest blues rock players in today’s scene, Erin Coburn is making a name for herself as a guitar virtuoso by playing classic Chicago blues clubs. Coburn performed multiple times at Buddy ...

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No need to wonder what kind of music the roots-based Selwyn Birchwood plays. He describes it for us as “Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues.” That distinctive gumbo continues on this, his fourth album for ...