Steve Heise and Alina Josan make music together by instinct and improvisation, one string at a time. They recently discussed their artistic convergence and the birth of their first album.

CORVALLIS — Dominic “Big Bones” Botta sits outside of a cafe, playing a guitar that positively sings out the blues, echoing with a lovely, soulful twang. The guitar is made out of hubcaps and an ax ...

Super Chikan is the stuff of blues legend come to life. He didn't make a deal with the devil, but he did once tour with Steven Seagal. Another celebrity, Morgan Freeman, loves him so much that he paid ...

The name Bo Diddley — who grew up as Ellas Bates — is familiar to many, but how many have heard of the "diddley bow?" The innovative rhythm and blues guitarist, who was born to Ethel Wilson and Eugene ...

First I found the photo. The black and white image was labeled simply, "Moses Williams playing the diddley bow: Waverly, Florida." What in the world is a diddley bow? And then I found a recording of ...

Dan Treanor calls his full-throated music Afrosippi blues, and he plays those songs on instruments he makes himself, bending notes so authentic that listeners do double-takes at this white-haired ...

VIDEO: The influential musician helped the blues evolve into rock 'n' roll Bo Diddley, the Mississippi-born musician credited with helping the blues evolve into rock ‘n’ roll, died of heart failure at ...

The Bo Diddley Foundation recently announced plans for a celebration of the late blues great's music and legacy. Bo Diddley Explosion! will take place April 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Alachua Woman's ...

Until he died today in outside of Gainesville, I couldn’t tell you who Ellas Otha Bates was. I am willing to bet not many Americans recognized the name either. But Bo Diddley was an influential rock ...

Editor's note: National recording artists and Gainesville rock band Sister Hazel will no longer be performing at the event. The Bo Diddley Foundation recently announced plans for a celebration of the ...