Anglo-French blues-rocker Laura Cox on Les Pauls vs SGs, and getting huge tone from a Junior guitar

The Parisian started her career on YouTube with note-perfect renditions of classics by Lynyrd Skynyrd and Guns N’ Roses, but ...
The New York Times

Country Music Is Entirely at War With Itself

Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the country has gone country. Beyoncé is touring on her Grammy-winning country album, “Cowboy Carter.” All races and ages are line dancing to ...
The American Spectator

Algorithms and Blues — The Fall of Country Music

A tip of the cowboy hat goes to our John Mac Ghlionn for his spot-on lament of the slow but inexorable decline of country music. Country may not be dead as a going concern, but it’s on life-support.
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French Blues

1 Pine Grove Blues Abshire 2:50 2 Kaplan Waltz Traditional 2:55 3 French Blues 2:45 4 New Orleans Waltz 2:50 5 Pine Groove Boogie 2:46 6 Hathaway Waltz 2:39 7 Step It Fast 2:50 8 Jolie, Petite ...
The Grio

Watch: Meet hills country blues singer Cedric Burnside

June is Black Music Month, and we’re celebrating the musical accomplishments and contributions of Black artists in all the various genres. Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside is an artist from a genre ...