Townes Van Zandt, Hank Williams Jr., and Stevie Ray Vaughan all made their guitars sing the blues. However, none of their careers would likely have existed without Lightnin’ Hopkins. Today, we’re ...

Corey Congilio is a Nashville-based session and touring musician. The author of 12 instructional guitar courses with TrueFire.com, Corey is currently touring with recording artist Lucie Silvas and ...

Jim Lill is a professional country musician and writer in Nashville. He tours as a guitarist and pedal-steel player with Josh Thompson and runs a popular YouTube channel featuring guitar videos. He ...

Lonnie Mack’s legendary 1958 Gibson Flying V guitar, known as “Number 7,” has sold for $550,000 at Heritage Auctions. The ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Country music in the 1950s enjoyed widespread appeal and featured diverse styles from honky-tonk to the pristine Nashville sound. With the rise of rockabilly and early rock and roll, both influenced ...

For country blues guitarist Todd Albright, there was no studio trickery involved on his upcoming album, “Blues for Dexter Linwood.” Albright and first-time producer Charlie Parr aimed to capture the ...