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Buddy Guy talks legacy, BB King and more: 'I am trying to keep the Blues alive, and I can’t do it by myself'
Neil Roy • 5 years agoBack in India to headline the Mahindra Blues Festival at the Mehboob Studio in Bandra, Buddy Guy spoke with Firstpost about the relevance of the Blues today and the pressure to keep the music alive after BB King’s demise
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac co-founder and troubled blues guitarist, dies at 73
• 5 years ago"He has the sweetest tone I ever heard. He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats," BB King had once said about the guitarist whose career was shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness
Google Doodle celebrates late Blues legend BB King on his 94th birth anniversary
Fp Staff • 5 years agoInstantly recognisable for his guitar licks and heartfelt vocals, BB King was aptly referred to as "King of the Blues."
John Mayall on 50 years of 'learning, relearning the Blues', and still having fun
Lgo • 7 years agoBlues legend John Mayall speaks with Lakshmi Govindrajan Javeri about his life and work | #FirstCulture
Patio Unplugged: USM's music has a tinge of folk and a healthy dose of the blues
Prahlad Srihari • 7 years agoUmang S Mehta (aka USM) is a Mumbai-based musician who quit his thriving law career to play some good ol' blues music.
Ray Thomas, founding member of The Moody Blues, passes away aged 76
• 7 years agoRay Thomas, a founding member of rock group The Moody Blues, has died at 76, months before the band is due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Singing the Blues: Grammy-nominated musician Beth Hart is making her India debut
Anuragt • 8 years agoBeth Hart is a Grammy-nominated blues singer who’s been bringing energy and soul to the stage like few other performers, from the early 1990s
Mercedes Benz Colombo Jazz Festival: Second edition of the fest is bigger, better
Sunil Sampat • 8 years agoIf ever there was an idyllic setting for holding a jazz festival, the organisers of the Mercedes Benz Colombo Jazz Festival found it.
Mahindra Blues Festival 2017: The seventh edition of Asia's largest blues fest is also its youngest
Lgo • 8 years agoThe Mahindra Blues Festival has grown in talent with every passing year. And just as it gets older, it seems to grows younger as well.
The Rolling Stones' Blue & Lonesome is a return to the band's blues core: What took them so long?
Lgo • 8 years agoBlue & Lonesome might just be The Rolling Stones’ most inspired work in a long, long time.