Ozark Blues Society kicks off 2026 with its annual Bound for Beale fundraiser to send regional hopefuls to the final rounds of the International Blues Challenge. Music starts at 6 p.m. Jan. 2 at ...

Robert Rock is widely considered to have one of the smoothest and most aesthetically pleasing golf swings in world golf, but ...

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So do we really need one amp sim package? Neural DSP thinks we do, because the Finnish company just dropped a major new ...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- The St. Louis Blues looked like they were starting to feel good about the return of some good fortune – and health – among their injured crop. Alexey Toropchenko was back on ...

The first big surprise this year was the nomination for Linkin Park’s comeback LP, From Zero. It’s their first record in seven years, the first since the death of of Chester Bennington, and the formal ...

The World Famous Buckingham Blues Bar in Fort Myers was named one of the best dive bars in Florida. Owner Tommy Lee Cook transformed the former biker bar into a venue for original live blues music.

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Slash's grandma had the blues and rock 'n' roll is better for it. The famed Guns 'N Roses guitarist, who just dropped the blues album “Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival” on Nov. 7, was rocking and ...

While synths and new wave brought in the decade and glam metal closed it, there were still plenty of acts championing a blues rock sound and thriving in the 1980s. In looking back at the roots of rock ...