The Ryk Mead Band has had the honour to perform at a variety of venues all over the world, specialising in rock/blues music. Something else we have a reputation for is our habit of going our own way. Many other musicians and critics may view this as us being self-indulgent. However, we do it to […]

Many people don’t realise that the history of the guitar goes back over 4,000 years. It has a fascinating ancestry and there are many different theories about its development. One theory is that it developed from the lute. There is another that it came from the kithara, a Greek instrument like a harp with four […]

Like blues it is difficult to give an exact date for when rock music was born. Some sources say it was as far back as 1928 whereas others point at the 1930s. What is true is music in America was changing at this time as ethnic groups began mixing more. This led to the birth […]

Blues music is very influential and you can find elements of it today in many different genres. You will know immediately when you hear it. The roots Most musical genres have an interesting history but blues is like no other. Its roots are quite a mystery because of poor documentation at the time. The common […]