If you’re fumbling for shorthand for the blues, how about this? The blues is an emotional and artistic investigation of love and death. If you buy that even a bit, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite’s ...

When Southern California native and blues/folk artist Ben Harper and blues icon Charlie Musselwhite came together in 2013 to work on what would become their Grammy Award-winning album, “Get Up!,” ...

For Charlie Musselwhite, the blues has been a companion, a kindred spirit that has been his love and livelihood for the last 50 years. "I've always said that blues is your comforter when you're down ...

It must be strange to have an epic music career but have your fame eclipsed by a fictional character inspired by your work and persona. Though some folks dispute the connection, blues harmonica master ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, lifestyle, and culture. Charlie Musselwhite, who until recently, was living in Northern California, has moved back ...

(Gallery by Keith I. Marszalek, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper came across like each other's blues brother from another mother at the New Orleans Jazz Fest's ...

The 71-year-old Musselwhite's life has mirrored the twists and turns of a blues song in more way than one “A good attitude and a cup of coffee will get you through just about anything.” That’s great ...

Charlie Musselwhite never dreamed he'd become a professional musician - let alone a Grammy-winning blues master known from Norway to Brazil - when he left Memphis for Chicago in the early 1960s. He ...

Ben Harper grew up roaming the aisles and restoring guitars at his family's music store, the Claremont Folk Music Center. Going on its 60th year of business, the storefront in Southern California is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel, lifestyle, and culture. Bishop and Musselwhite are both Blues Hall of Famers with over 100 years of professional ...

Blues heavyweights Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper come together once again for an acoustic of performance of the title track from their upcoming joint album "No Mercy In This Land." By Bryan Kress ...