Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recent passing of the 'godfather of British blues', John Mayall, marks the closing of an extraordinary chapter in British ...

John Mayall gave players like Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor their start. Now the 83-year-old British blues legend is releasing his 66th album When it comes to British blues, all roads lead ...

It is hard to overstate the impact of the '60s British blues guitar scene, when a new generation of guitar heroes mined the original source of blues playing and put their own spin on it. In doing so, ...

Our regular Day to Day music critic reviews the self-titled debut album from the British blues band 22-20s. The band plays straight-ahead, upbeat, blues-based rock 'n' roll that hearkens back to early ...

Seventy years ago, the blues arrived on these shores and transformed the musical landscape. Today, it lives in the shadow of the genres it inspired – but the scene is still thriving The blues were ...

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller... all the blind guys.” That’s how the multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, one of the chief architects of the British blues revival of the 1960s, ...

The British invasion of the 1960s was more than just a wave of United Kingdom musicians getting more exposure in the United States. These musicians were not only dominating American airwaves. They ...

John Mayall, a British musician dubbed “The Godfather of British Blues” who played alongside legends like Eric Clapton and Mick Fleetwood, died Monday at the age of 90. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ...

John Mayall, considered the “Godfather of the British Blues,” is a British blues singer/guitarist /keyboard player/blues harmonicist/songwriter/producer and ...

Slash recently released a star-studded blues tribute album, Orgy of the Damned. While the 12-track collection mainly features songs that originally were written and performed by American artists, in a ...

John Mayall's legacy as a legendary figure in blues music in general, not just in Britain, was well-established before the end of the sixties. By the time 1969 arrived, he had enlisted, collaborated ...