US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has been in the news a lot lately, mostly for toothlessly urging Israel to tamp down its wholesale slaughter in Gaza while refusing to actually do anything that might stop that from happening. Whenever his face pops up, it’s hard to shake the image of proud dad-rocker Blinken adapting an exaggerated...

In 1962, a bunch of young musicians in London got together to form a blues cover band. When a journalist asked the band’s name, guitarist Brian Jones noticed a Muddy Waters record laying on the ground nearby, and the group became the Rolling Stones. The new band played their first show on July 12, 1962, at London’s Marquee Cl...

Sam Lay, the masterful Chicago drummer known for his work with artists including Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died. Music journalist Chris Morris first reported Lay’s death on Facebook, and the Chicago Sun Times has confirmed it with Alligator Records and Lay’s band...

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is streaming a lyric video for his take on the 1952 Muddy Waters classic, 'Standing Around Crying',

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is streaming a lyric video for his cover of the Muddy Waters classic, 'Rollin' And Tumblin'',