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Thomas Gabriel singing
Goosebumps alert: Watch Thomas Gabriel conjure up the ghost of his grandfather Johnny Cash with an eerily familiar cover of Folsom Prison Blues

By Fraser Lewry Published

Thomas Gabriel's cover of the classic Folsom Prison Blues was filmed at Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, TN

Bands & Artists
Joe Bonamassa: Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 cover art
Joe Bonamassa fires on all cylinders on the unfailingly upbeat sequel to 2003's Blues Deluxe

By Henry Yates Published

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his best-selling independent release Blues Deluxe, Joe Bonamassa repeats the trick

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Oli Brown & The Dead Collective standing by the sea
Former blues wonderboy Oli Brown didn't touch his guitar for a year: now he's back, and things are very different

By Henry Yates Published

British guitarist Oli Brown on jumping genres, rejecting his instrument, battling his demons and returning to music

Interviews
Junior Wells with a harmonica
Blues legend Junior Wells has just released an official newly recorded single despite dying in 1998

By Fraser Lewry Published

In what is surely a sign of things to come, artificial intelligence has been used in the creation of Junior Wells' new Halloween-themed single It’s Your Voodoo Working

Bands & Artists
Gráinne Duffy studio portrait
"There was a lot of pot-smoking going on at the listen-backs": Gráinne Duffy on the Californian vibes of new album Dirt Woman Blues

By Henry Yates Published

Singer and guitarist Gráinne Duffy on AI songwriting, being compared to a blues-rock legend, and why Walter Trout should try giving birth

Interviews
Black and white photo of Gary Moore
“I used to look at myself all dolled up like some guy in Def Leppard, and think, ‘Who do you think you are?’”: how Gary Moore ditched hard rock and saved his career with Still Got The Blues

By Mick Wall Published

The epic story of Gary Moore’s journey from 80s hard rock hero to the man who ushered in the 90s blues revival

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The Moody Blues in 1968
"It's the audience that brings something magical to that song": the story of Nights In White Satin by the Moody Blues

By Rob Hughes Published

Dumped by a girlfriend, Justin Hayward remembered a gift she had given him and started writing a song that became a multimillion-selling, era-defining classic – and earned him not a penny

Interviews
Ashley Sherlock portrait
"We wanted to write songs that Adele or Lewis Capaldi could sing, but to make it rocky too": Why Ashley Sherlock might be more than just another blues prodigy

By Grant Moon Published

Ashley Sherlock has been compared to Rory Gallagher, but this rock aficionado is treading his own path

Interviews
Geddy Lee and Gene Simmons
"Geddy didn't understand what a blues scale was." Gene Simmons recalls the time he gave Rush's Geddy Lee a bass lesson on tour

By Liz Scarlett Published

Kiss' Gene Simmons reflects on helping Rush's Geddy Lee with his bass knowledge while the two bands were on tour together

Concerts & Shows
John Lodge
John Lodge: "Graeme Edge said to me 'Keep the Moody Blues alive!'"

By Jerry Ewing Published

Moody Blues bassist John Lodge will release Days Of Future Passed – My Sojourn to accompany July US tour

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