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The great blues artists talked, the savviest rockers listened. Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but...
Before musicians had illegal downloads to complain about, the pioneering blues artists faced even more daunting problems....
There’s no doubt that, if he were alive today, 19th-century Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax would be...
Between 1961 and ’62, tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons was struggling with a menacing heroin habit. His addiction...
Billy Collins is one of America’s most esteemed and endearing poets. He was Poet Laureate of the...
