Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker (with Pinetop Perkins ), Cab Calloway, and James Brown all get memorable musical moments, but the zenith is reached when the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, takes center ...

Contractual obligations forced the three remaining band members to release three more albums before calling it a day ...

President Jimmy Carter designated June as Black Music Month in 1979, recognizing the pivotal role Black musicians have played in shaping the cultural heritage of the United States.

And you half the heart of Summer Slam. Billy Crawford and Lightnin’ Charlie lead Summer Slam at Delta Blues BBQ in Abingdon ...

Witness this parade of singer/songwriter heroes who came to Minnesota this spring: James Taylor and his newsboy cap followed Paul Simon and his generic ballcap and Bob Dylan and his cloud of curls.

Long before Gary Clark Jr. jammed with Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, and Foo Fighters, and headlined festivals all across ...

Country music and jazz music share a lot more common ground than one might think. Here are three jazz standards that became ...

The tribute concert’s house band includes singer Mickey Buckins and bassist Bob Wray, two of Wammack’s fellow members of the FAME Gang, the FAME Studios session musicians who followed the iconic ...

(WTOK) -The 72nd annual Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival continued Thursday ... And so, like, country music, you know, it’s like the working man’s blues. I spent a lot of time on construction ...

Washington State football face a litany of challenges in 2025 under the direction of new head coach Jimmy Rogers. Namely, Rogers is figuring out how to install the culture that made him successful ...

Alana explained that over thirty Jimmie Rodgers’ songs are considered blues. “He incorporated any new sound he was exposed to into his music,” including steel guitar, ukuleles, and even Louis ...