MUSIC: Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters

Description

Ronnie Earl is a legendary blues guitarist and four-time Blues Music Award winner for Guitar Player of the Year (1997, 1999, 2014, 2018), celebrated for his deeply expressive tone and emotionally charged playing. He has also served as an Associate Professor of Guitar at Berklee College of Music and taught at the National Guitar Summer Workshop in Connecticut, influencing generations of players. Earl's acclaimed discography spans labels including Stony Plain Records, Verve, Telarc, and Bullseye Blues, with landmark releases such as Grateful Heart: Blues and Ballads (1996), which earned DownBeat Magazine's Blues Album of the Year, and Hey José (2004), winner of Best Blues/R&B Song at the Independent Music Awards.

His long-running band, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, has remained a cornerstone of modern blues for more than three decades. Since 2010, a series of celebrated albums, including Spread the Love, Good News, The Luckiest Man, Rise Up, and Mercy Me.