Al Holmes is still living his childhood dream as he continues to perform on stage. This blues legend from the Westside of ...

Congilio’s Blues Extensions column continues with a lesson in playing a five-minor-7 arpeggio over a dominant 7 chord ...

The Tiulenev family spoke out against the war in Ukraine and sought asylum in the U.S., only to be thrust into an immigration system that’s become more unforgiving for Russians. Some family members ...

Mick, Keith and Ronnie have an excellent new album, Foreign Tongues, out – but how does it compare with the classics?

Discover a wealth of dominant 7th, diminished and chromatically colored chords to bring variety and sophistication to your playing ...

In this video, I walk through my personal routine for practicing altered dominant chords, especially rootless voicings for #5/#9—and the diminished whole-tone scale (a.k.a. the 7th mode of the melodic ...

The Hockey Hall of Fame announced today that former Blues forward Keith Tkachuk will be inducted as part of the class of 2026. Tkachuk will become the 27th former Blue to be enshrined in the Hockey ...

The fact that we debate who the greatest guitarist in the world is when someone like Jimi Hendrix once walked the Earth is pretty ridiculous. Everyone who we bring into the debate for the best ...

Build a bar-by-bar blues map in any key, then compare classic, quick-change, jazz, and minor variants without losing the form. This chart is set up as a practical reference for players and arrangers.

No one sings pain, joy, or survival quite like a blues singer. Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of enslaved African Americans, blues music rose up from the cotton fields and ...