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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been a major force in the blues ...

Jimi Hendrix once said the blues are easy to play, but hard to feel. But that didn’t stop him from paying homage to elders in the genre via covers of Muddy Waters (“Mannish Boy”), Howlin’ Wolf ...

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 ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s recently released DVD, “Straight To You Live,” is the first concert DVD he’s released in a career that now stretches back more than 25 years. But it’s not like he’s been trying ...

Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd began playing guitar as a kid and had a hit album by age 18. Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd already has more than 30 years under his belt in the music ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is nearing the 30-year anniversary of his recording career, and he’s accomplished a great deal during that time. Since “Ledbetter Heights” in 1985, when Shepherd was just 18 years ...

The virtues so readily apparent on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ally Venable's last album, Puppet Show (Connor Ray Music, 2018), remain fully in evidence on her Ruf ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was once a teen prodigy in the blues and rock worlds. And while he can hardly be called an elder statesman at 42, the Louisiana-born guitarist, songwriter and bandleader has ...

Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has announced a batch of tour dates for winter 2024, which will support the release of his upcoming new album, Dirt on My Diamonds, Vol. 1. According to ...

While touring behind his latest album, “The Traveler,” two years ago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd had to halt road work due to the pandemic. “It was frustrating,” Shepherd said. “We were booked all the way ...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a throwback in so many ways. The veteran singer-songwriter is a blues guitarist, who not only makes albums but also releases records in a series. "Dirt on My Diamonds Volume 2" ...