From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

Muddy Waters got it right with his anthemic song, “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll.” And few figures ever personified that evolutionary link as clearly as Big Joe Turner, the ...

Hard rock evolved from several popular music factors at the beginning of the '70s. From electric blues to garage rock to pop radio, shifts in tastes and performance blurred the line between rock 'n' ...