Muddy Waters

Etta James

A Little Muddy

Big Bill Morganfield sounds an awful lot like his dad

He Made Us Walk

Big Jay McNeely's back in town

Hide the Wah-Wah Pedals!

The Big Time Blues Fest is back

New Music

The Big Time Blues Fest is back

Nothing to Hate

Sean Costello: lazy, talented, not smegma receptacle

Jersey Devil

Southside Johnny makes Bruce Springsteen his bitch

LowBallVideoChatter: The Band, "Don't Do It"

The Time: Thanksgiving, 1976.   The Place: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco.   The Occasion: The final concert by the original lineup of the Band, with a jaw-dropping number of guests (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, ... More >>

That's All Right, 'Bama

Transplanted Southerner James Harman has 46 years of blues to lay on ya

The Blues Don't Have to Suck, at Least When Portland's Hillstomp Play Them

Transplanted Southerner James Harman has 46 years of blues to lay on ya

Records for Sale

I'm way behind the times when it comes to technology. Hell, I just got a cell phone six months ago and that was because my dad -- who works for a company that will not be named -- gave me one. But it's 2009 and I gotta get up to date on what the kids are doing. Hence, I got an external hard drive to ... More >>

Darnell Martin Spins Blues Into Lies in 'Cadillac Records'

I'm way behind the times when it comes to technology. Hell, I just got a cell phone six months ago and that was because my dad -- who works for a company that will not be named -- gave me one. But it's 2009 and I gotta get up to date on what the kids are doing. Hence, I got an external hard drive to ... More >>

String Theory

Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster

Blues Guitar Legend B.B. King to Thrill Pacific Amphitheatre

Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster

Letters

Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster

The Dead Shall Rise

And Al Green has risen at the Long Beach Blues Fest

Ressurection Pogo

TSOL, back from embalmment

Reality of the Marketplace

Etta James

A Touch of Jazz

Bobbi Humphrey struck by lightning

Get Out!

June 1 - June 8: Skulls and Whiskey

120 Percent

Buddy Guy: Giving it to you

Born in Chicago, Buried Alive in OC

60s blues pioneers are due to get their due

Taj Mahal and the Secret of the Blues

60s blues pioneers are due to get their due

Aint Gonna Be Your Dog

A wealth of new local blues CDs

Pale Blues

Scorsese series lacks mojo

Not Fade Away

Rolling Stones rock hard as a monkeys boner

Don't Ever Play a Note You Don't Believe

Doug MacLeod's got nothin' but the blues

Iron Barista

Competitors test their beans

Soul-Soothing Magick

Joe Louis Walker makes you proud to be an American

The Same Struggles Exist

Def Jux fights the power

At the Mercy of Percy!

Sledge, Berry, Diddley and other blues greats scare horses, terrify children, create mayhem

Great Dorks Afire!

Hammond plus Waits equals not bad. Plus, the Proclaimers!

Bring Yer Own Blues

Big Time fest goes small time

Bluesploitation

Big Time fest goes small time

Mad Beef Disease

And Roy Gaines munches T-Bone

No Goon Rants

Slash thinks Carters still prez, rocks on!

Roots Canal

The fourth OC Weekly local music sampler

Who Murdered Music?

A Buddy Seigal music manifesto

Seedy Review

New albums, old sounds

Q & A

Quick answers to questions we needed to ask OC's finest roots musicians!

Various Artists The Solution to Benefit Heal the BayMojo Records

Quick answers to questions we needed to ask OC's finest roots musicians!

Locals Only

Quick answers to questions we needed to ask OC's finest roots musicians!

Shirekin, Hollerin, Screamin, Fallerin!

This years Blues Fest is best!

Keb' Mo'

Coach House

Jelly Roll

Avalon Bar

Today's Aww-Inducing Concert Story

​Our account manager Nikki Pierce was at the Hootenanny last weekend and saw a cute little 4-year-old girl playing guitar on stage with Chuck Berry. The little girl knew all the words to his songs. After he was done with his set and trying to get to his car, people were bombarding him ... More >>

The Growlers Kick Off West Coast Tour with Vampire Weekend

Taylor Herron​The Growlers are gettin' busy on the road in November. In the month that saw the launch of their glamorous debut on NBC LA, Costa Mesa's psychedelic surf-rockers embark on a new tour up the West Coast to support their latest LP Are You In or Out (Everloving Records). The t ... More >>

Orange Bits: Young the Giant Recognized by Amazon, Jameson, Clint Black, and The New Limb

Jameson ​We're at the home stretch of 2010 and Christmas is rapidly approaching; local bands are also "winning best of 2010 contests" left and right. (See: Young the Giant and Walter Trout.) Also, several bands such as Jameson and Melanoid are getting in the Christmas spirit by playing ... More >>

R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin, Guitarist for Howlin' Wolf

Hubert Sumlin​Bluesman Hubert Sumlin has died. He was 80 years old. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the Howlin' Wolf guitarist passed away on Sunday in a hospital in Wayne, N.J., due to heart failure. Sumlin -- one of the most revered blues guitarists of the last half century -- was best k ... More >>