In this lesson, I’m looking at the styles of two modern blues players from my book 100 Essential Blues Guitar Intros. First up is Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a blues artist who also incorporates harder rock ...

These days Kenny Wayne Shepherd tends to keep his blues lurking low in the mix, waiting for the chance to break out from under the bright, sassy classic rock riffs and melodies he’s been perfecting ...

The blues has a long and important history in the fabric of American culture, and on Aug. 13, a traveling festival will celebrate this immutable style of music with a kickoff at East Providence's Bold ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Cleveland has always held a certain kind of magic. Long before platinum records, Grammy nominations and three decades on the road, he remembers pulling into ...

The blues-rock guitarist released an album in March, performed at Humphrey’s in September, and is celebrating 30 years since ...

The Blues Foundation also announced that Ken Shepherd, the artist’s father, has been asked to step down as a member of its board of directors. The moves followed statements from prominent figures in ...

Quite a scam young blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Double Trouble have going. Not only have they figured out how to jam together nightly, they've also devised a way to get paid for it.

The first time I saw guitar hero Kenny Wayne Shepherd perform was 25 years ago when he was a young blues prodigy opening for Bob Dylan. Having launched his career a few years earlier at the age of 16, ...

Last summer, Kenny Wayne Shepherd launched the Backroads Blues Festival, a traveling showcase of established and rising talent. The Louisiana native is back on the road for a second year, which ...

Louisiana blues-rocking veteran Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been on a post-COVID roll. After the pandemic squashed much of his touring to support The Traveler (2019), Shepherd and his veteran band hit ...