You don't get the nickname "Lightnin'" for no reason, especially when you're a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins became one of the most ...

Because the genre of blues music is so old and dates back even before vinyl records and other recording means, there remains a significant amount of mystery regarding its early years. Born in the ...

NEW YORK -- When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — ...

Not to be confused with its lighter-touched country rock cousin, Southern rock mixes blues, soul and country and spins it ...

Watching what is ostensibly the only existing film of Jimmy Reed compels the question of whether any other blues figure has ...

Merced County blue band “Mike Hammar and the Nails” recently released their third album titled “Raised in the Dirt.” Pictured ...

Former Black Midi musician Geordie Greep talks going solo, his latest single, 'Blues,' and more in a new interview.

Meanwhile, popular music promoter Andrew Powell of Worl Blast Music is also of the belief that AI could pose a threat to the ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

Norwegian rock was the flavor of the night in Orlando as Leprous played The Plaza Live. The doors opened an hour late but ...