Posts about music

Eric Patrick Clapton (born March 30, 1945) is one of the most influential guitarists and singer-songwriters in modern music. Over six decades he has defined[…]

Elmore James (1918–1963) is one of the defining architects of postwar electric blues and a towering figure in slide-guitar playing. Nicknamed the “King of the[…]

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917–1996) is widely celebrated as the “First Lady of Song”—a jazz vocalist whose musical language was steeped in swing and bebop but[…]

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899–1974) was a pianist, bandleader, and composer whose output and influence tower over American music. Over a 50-year career he led[…]

Art Tatum (1909–1956) is widely regarded as one of the most astonishing pianists in jazz history—an improviser whose technique, harmonic imagination, and rhythmic command reset[…]

Big Walter “Shakey” Horton, born Walter Horton, stands among the most expressive and technically gifted blues harmonica players of the twentieth century. Known for his[…]

Blind Willie Johnson (1897–1945) was a gospel-blues evangelist whose bottleneck slide guitar and thunderous, sermon-ready voice distilled sorrow, hope, and faith into recordings that still[…]

Sleepy John Estes (John Adam Estes) was one of country blues’ most expressive singer-songwriters, famed for a high, pleading vocal delivery and story-songs drawn from[…]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) was a gospel singer, electric-guitar trailblazer, and one of the most consequential architects of early rock ’n’ roll. Long before the[…]

Wynonie Harris was a flamboyant and charismatic blues shouter whose high-energy performances and risqué lyrics left a lasting impact on American music. Known for his[…]