A diptych image of blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Burns and the cover of his brand-new album, Live in Copenhagen, which also features a portrait of Burns, filtered to monochromatic sepia

Bluesman Jimmy Burns prefers sensitivity over shouting, and since he moved to Chicago from Mississippi in 1955, several sources outside the blues have shaped his fluid guitar tone—including gospel quartets and arena-rock bands. He turns 80 on February 27, and for the occasion he sat for a Reader interview that digs as far back as […]

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