At her peak, the singer’s music was capable of great depth, sincerity and emotional intimacy, which she seemingly conjured ...

Sugaray Rayford The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) will celebrate its 48th Birthday Show, featuring Grammy-nominated ...

In “Sly Lives!” and “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” the divergent expectations faced by White and Black musical artists become ...

The influence of R&B, jump blues and jazz artists are heard on the debut album of Jad Tariq, a Memphis guitarist-vocalist and ...

Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness has released a dozen and a half albums in the last 34 years, with her 17th album, “Back for Me,” scheduled for release from Blue ...

If you walked into any of the funky old blues joints of Oakland — Mile Hi Club, Esther’s Orbit Room, the Continental Club — throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, you were likely to run into Lee ...

On this auspicious day marked by overt, commercialised gestures in the name of love, I cannot help but wonder if Shakespeare ought to warn us about the ides of February instead of March.

Apart from being the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley was a passionate music lover with tastes as varied as his career. His personal record collection, meticulously catalogued at Graceland ...

Muddy’s version hit No. 4 on Billboard magazine’s list of rhythm and blues record sales. Waters toured England and Spain in 1958. Audiences who had previously heard folk music performers like ...

Rod Stewart has always been a fan of soul music, and one song in particular has captured his heart. It's by a legendary soul ...

Bobby Rush has teamed up with Kenny Wayne Shepherd for a new collaborative blues album, ‘Young Fashioned Ways.’ ...

Discovery Park of America has announced the 2025 lineup for the free, family friendly summer concert series, “Rhythm on the ...