Today’s deep blues players, especially those who emerge from a family heritage in the genre, are stuck with a tricky balancing act; how to keep up the heart of the gruff, often prickly and edgy music ...

Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside introduces theGrio to a lesser known type of blues music. The Mississippi native — who, in 2022, nabbed a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for his LP, “I ...

A few years ago, Cedric Burnside was sitting with his acoustic guitar on the front porch of his home in Ashland, Mississippi, listening to the birds and thinking about grief and perseverance. For ...

What a pedigree Cedric Burnside has. The son of celebrated blues drummer Calvin Jackson and grandson of blues-guitar legend R.L. Burnside, this American drummer/guitarist/vocalist perpetuates the ...

When Cedric Burnside accepted a Grammy in the traditional blues category for his album I Be Trying in 2022, it wasn’t just just a victory for him – it was also the first time any Mississippi Hill ...

Some great #NewMusicFriday streaming releases from Cedric Burnside, Amythyst Kiah, and Lucy Dacus to start the weekend on Spotify. Not a very conventional release but I’m going to suggest that this ...

“I don’t read music or anything like that. But I would love to show anybody who wants to learn my style of music. I can’t write it down, so I have to show it to them,” says Burnside of the family ...

Cedric Burnside’s songs deliver bruised but unfettered truth. GRAMMY-nominated and a National Heritage Fellowship honoree Cedric Burnside is a 3rd-generation Blues Man: son of Blues drummer Calvin ...

Editorial director Ted Drozdowski is an award-winning journalist and music historian, and a musician, songwriter, producer, and film consultant. He’s a maniac for slide and psychedelic guitar, and has ...

May 31, 2024 It's raw. And it's real. Cedric Burnside is no poseur. He is the Hill Country Blues. He's lived it. He grew up in it. Cedric Burnside's version of the blues is as authentic as it gets.

Cedric Burnside started touring when he was just 13 years old. His grandfather, R.L. Burnside, helped create the unique sound of Mississippi Hill Country Blues and Cedric has embraced that legacy.

June is Black Music Month, and we’re celebrating the musical accomplishments and contributions of Black artists in all the various genres. Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside is an artist from a genre ...