Blues
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Scott H. Biram Sets Aside the Whiskey for “Red Wine”
The Austin-based one-man band channels George Jones to create a honky-tonk ballad that’s the perfect soundtrack for drowning your woes in the company of your demons..
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49 Experts Agree: That Third Photo of Robert Johnson Is Not Authentic
But the real mystery is, why are we still so obsessed with this particular Mississippi Delta blues legend?
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RIP, Little Joe Washington
When Little Joe died last month, Houston lost a link to its rich blues history.
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Gary Clark Jr. Talks Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Grammy Award-winner reflects on the blues musician that still inspires him today.
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How Long Blues
What will it take for Stevie Ray Vaughan to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
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VIDEO: Gary Clark Jr. Storms ‘The Tonight Show’
The genre-hopping Austin blues guitarist promoted his long-anticipated debut album, Blak and Blu, which hit the stores this week.
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Gary Clark Jr. Electrifies the Obamas
The Austin guitarist is part of an all-star blues jam at the White House.
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The Soul of a Man
For nearly sixty years, a succession of obsessed blues and gospel fans have trekked across Texas, trying to unearth the story of one of the greatest, and most mysterious, musicians of the twentieth century. But the more they find, the less they seem to know.
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Let There Be Lightnin’
Twenty-five years after his death, Sam Hopkins is still one of the most influential bluesmen in history—that much we know. But we don’t know nearly enough about who he was.
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Birthplaces of the Blues
Want to see the Texas of Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mance Lipscomb, and other pioneering musicians of the twentieth century? Your trip through time begins near Washington-on-the-Brazos.