The Bay Area blues scene has thrived ever since World War II brought an influx of African Americans to the region. Two decades later, Bill Graham started presenting blues artists on the same bill as ...

Chris Strachwitz has been to the Delta. He’s traced the trail of the blues back to the mighty Mississippi, recording neglected masters along the way for his invaluable El Cerrito roots music label ...

Joshua Howell’s electric guitar sounds are brittle and gritty, sometimes hypnotic and often searing with buzzing inflections if he uses a slide. On harmonica, his playing is full-winded, by turns ...

HowellDevine's new upcoming CD "HOWL".....recorded at Greaseland Studios by engineer/musician extraordinaire Kid Christoffer Lund Andersen & his ace assistant Robby Yamilov.... will soon arrive. We ...

Pete Devine is in his happy place. Best known as a savvy drummer deeply versed in a broad swath of pre-World War II idioms like ragtime, Delta blues, and swing, Devine is at home surrounded by the ...

Some musicians wow an audience with jaw-dropping technique, loud beats or special effects. Others, like Bay Area locals HowellDevine, delight through an unassuming, sincere performance of ...

When Josh Howell of acoustic blues trio HowellDevine launches into the Sonny Boy Williamson classic “She Brought Life Back to the Dead,” it’s like climbing into a time machine and dialing it back to ...

Over the past six years, since the release of the debut recording, Delta Grooves, HowellDevine has matured into one of the hardest working and most distinctive blues groups in Northern California. On ...

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1 HowellDevine: The Northern California trio — Joshua Howell (slide guitars, harmonica, voice) Pete Devine (drums, washboard) and… ...

Over the past six years, since the release of the debut recording, Delta Grooves, HowellDevine has matured into one of the hardest working and most distinctive blues groups in Northern California. On ...