Latest articles by Alice Clark
Buddy Guy found his voice in the 50s Chicago blues scene, and continues to carry the torch for the music that made him
Blues just wouldn’t be the same without the wailing of the harp. Here we celebrate the people who blew the hardest
The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis did it his way, turning down the Rolling Stones and David Bowie in the process
Buying guide T-Bone Walker had an eye-popping live show, soulful vocals and a supple guitar style that provided a blueprint for what we know as modern blues today. These are his best albums…
Buying guide Blues from The Big Easy has a different flavour to that made anywhere else, with its roots in jazz and the music of the Caribbean
Buying guide One of the brightest stars at Stax Records, Otis Redding’s life was cut tragically short but the work he left behind lives on
Once proud teenage hellraisers, Ash slide into their fourth decade as a band with their wide-eyed excitement for rock'n'roll thrills still firmly intact
Pop star, protest singer and fearless, defiant rebel, Sinead O'Connor was an artist like no other. Here are the albums you need to hear to understand her relentless quest for truth and justice
"Her anger, rage and horror is palpable": Corinne Bailey Rae, as you've never heard her before
Irish post-punks M(h)aol deliver a manifesto for a better tomorrow with galvanising debut album
Buying guide From Ike and Tina Turner's explosive, raw beginnings to their final R&B hurrah, they crossed many musical genres - and these are their best albums
Buying guide The best albums from Bo Diddley, the gunslingin’, cigar-box guitar-totin’ cool cat who wrote the book on rockin' R&B and gave a rhythm his name
The Chicago soul and gospel icon explains how Martin Luther King led her to make some of the defining songs of the civil rights era
No Sinner frontwoman Colleen Rennison had a youthful brush with Hollywood stardom, but the allure of the blues proved too tempting…
Jerry Lee Lewis's little sister on hanging out with Elvis Presley and John Lennon, and being a rock’n’roll stalwart with an R&B soul.
The original JB funky diva talks new album, James Brown and the Rumble In The Jungle.
Fresh from a tour with Stevie Nimmo, the British blues guitarist discusses keeping it live and hanging with his heroes.
The Kentucky Headhunters overcome their phobias and pack their bags to head to Ramblin’ Man Fair.
A turbulent childhood and life on the streets were tough, but inspired by James Brown, Charles Bradley made it to the Harlem Apollo and beyond. This is his inspirational story…
New Yorker Robin McKelle comes full circle on an album that sees her up close and personal.
A bus driver by day and a soulful bluesman by night, all hail the new Chicago king Toronzo Cannon.
The Heat’s former rockabilly blues guitar man on Pretty Things, Motown and punk-rock memories.
