Stevie Ray Vaughan News

The Pacific Cultural Center hosts this writing class, which offers a tutorial on writing of all genres and teaches students how to grow as writers.

BURNLEY will become Little America over the May Day weekend as the revived and re-energised International Rock and Blues Festival brings some major names to East Lancashire.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his group exploded on the scene in the mid-'90s and garnered huge amounts of radio airplay on commercial radio, which historically has not been a solid home for blues and blues-rock music, with the exception of Stevie Ray Vaughan in the mid-'80s. Shepherd was born June 12, 1... MORE

Blues guitarist Bernie Pearl at hie Long Beach, Calif., home on January 26, 2012.

For better than three decades now, the Austin-based Omar & the Howlers have thrilled audiences worldwide with their high-octane blend of roots-rock, hard-edged blues, and Texas soul.

Now this was totally unexpected: after weeks of stealthy forward momentum, the Billboard magazine blues chart for the week ending January 28, 2012 shows that Texas blues guitarist Gary Clark, Jr.

Guy Martin's fascination with the guitar began in high school. "I'm still playing the same blond Strat - the one I put on layaway when I was 16," he says.

Guitar mastermind Joe Bonamassa, a young player with the childhood dream of playing music similar to legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, was 22 when he inked a deal with Epic.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his group exploded on the scene in the mid-'90s and garnered huge amounts of radio airplay on commercial radio, which historically has not been a solid home for blues and blues-rock music, with the exception of Stevie Ray Vaughan in the mid-'80s. Shepherd was born June 12, 1... MORE