Never one to rest on his laurels, Northwest Arkansas multi-hyphenate artist Mike Day celebrates another milestone this month.

Over two decades later and some of the biggest blues festivals later, he is in Hyderabad for the first time, playing at Windmills Craftworks, and preparing, in a sense, to do for a room full ...

Sturgill Simpson, a.k.a. Johnny Blue Skies, recently revealed an ambitious new musical direction with a YouTube leak of his upcoming album. Have you heard it?

The blues didn’t arrive from the US as something alien. It arrived as something curiously familiar. See how bands across Scandinavia have made the sound their own.

Ranking the best albums of any genre is not easy, and metal might be particularly difficult. At least, BBC Music tried.

The themes that weave through Mud Blood Bone, the fourth record from Canada’s Cat Clyde, tackle large, universal ideas. Yet, it’s her gift for writing ...

Blues On Broadbeach has added Ian Moss, MonoNeon, The Bamboos and Grace Cummings to the lineup for the 25th anniversary festival on the Gold Coast in May 2026.

Simon & Garfunkel cleaned up at the Grammys; Elvis returned to Memphis after a 13-year absence; ABBA got inducted into the ...

Legendary blues singer and guitarist John Hammond has died aged 83, ending a six-decade career dedicated to preserving and performing traditional blues music.

Melissa Etheridge, Blues Traveler and Nelly will be the musical acts performing at Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s annual Roaring ...

As a host of former chart-toppers become nonagenarians, Neil Clark talks to the oldest living male number one artist set to release new music after five decades.

Folk music legend Bob Dylan was not shy about his love for this iconic southern city, and you can visit for yourself and ...