What Sam Sussman, author of ‘Boy from the North Country,’ hears in the catalog of the enigmatic singer-songwriter.

The blues might be the quintessential American musical genre. Born out of hope for the future and a recognition of the dark, at times, inhumane past, the genre has spawned big names, important music, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Buddy Guy that hits you right in the gut—the way he bends a string, the way his voice trembles with heartbreak, the way he pours a lifetime of joy and sorrow ...

Origins of the track go all the way back to 1913, when Dick Burnett apparently wrote it, but the song was never bigger than when it was included in the film that was based on Homer’s The Odyssey.