For a detailed account of Burnside’s time in Chicago, listen to the harrowing “R.L.’s Story,” an honest and raw spoken word track on his new album.

We were not on any kind of mission to educate people about the blues or educate people about R.L. Burnside. We sought R.L. out as a support act because we are fans of his music.

To get an idea of just how far R.L. Burnside has come from the backwoods juke joints of Mississippi, you only have to peek inside the cramped recording studio at Epitaph Records’ headquarters in ...

Cedric Burnside has tradition on his side. The blues has always been about regionalism. While feeling, intent, and themes consistently overlap the form, there's no denying the particular impact ...

Now 73 years old, R.L. Burnside doesn't know what "retirement" means. At an age when most folks would be content to settle into their easy chairs, the former sharecropper instead became the ...

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R.L. Burnside, one of the last, great Mississippi bluesmen, whose raw, country blues was discovered late in his life, has died. He was 78.

Holly Springs,Miss. — TWO or three times a month, the phone rings in R.L. Burnside’s little farmhouse on Highway 4; calls from strangers asking if they can stop by to talk about the blues. The ...

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R.L. Burnside Burnside on Burnside (Fat Possum/Epitaph) Some perceive R.L. Burnside, the great Northern Mississippi singer-guitarist who plays traditional Delta blues with sludgy rock ‘n&#821… ...