John Lee Hooker

From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the albums that go boom boom

The 80s also saw the blues transform like never before, with Stevie Ray Vaughan drawing in hard rockers and purists alike and Robert Cray taking it to the masses

Cult movie The Blues Brothers exposed a generation to the brilliance of blues and soul legends like John Lee Hooker and Aretha Franklin

Suddenly thrust into the spotlight as John Lee Hooker's backing musicians, The Groundhogs became what he called "the number one British blues band"

From Big Boss Man to Smokestack Lightnin’, these are the stories of the landmark records that electrified the blues and put Chicago on the map.

Half a century on from the British blues boom, can authenticity still exist on the scene?

The resurrection of former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson continues, as he releases a collection of his favourite songs from the Chess catalogue.