B.B. King had a hilarious way of describing his music in comparison to contemporaries like Chuck Berry and Ray Charles.

The carefully researched biography is a vivid telling of Chenier's rise from his southwest Louisiana country roots to ...

Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) on Thursday hosted its annual B.B. King Symposium, featuring discussions, tributes ...

Stacker compiled the top 100 albums of the 1960s, according to Best Ever Albums, which ranks albums according to their ...

The 100 Men Hall hosts its sixth annual Booker Fest to celebrate the musical genius of James Carroll Booker III, raised in Bay Saint Louis by his Aunt Bessie Lizana.

(One tasty tidbit savored in the film is a focus on the actual songwriter of “Born to Be Wild,” the musician who became known as Mars Bonfire. It was originally written more as a folk ballad, more ...

DIANE MAMA RAY HOSTED THE BLUES JAM FOR 39 YEARS. SATURDAY WILL BE THE FIRST ONE WITHOUT HER. AND YOUR MAMA MAY HAVE. SWEET ...

Ben E. King was the lead singer of The Drifters, and later went solo with such hits as "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem." He died 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988.

The Taos singer-songwriter drops "Memory Mountain," his first album of original songs in a dozen years, on Friday, August 29.

Last weekend during Blues on the Bay, local band Three Springs played a tribute concert to late Door County bluesman Pete Thelen. Special guest Eric Lewis played alongside Three Springs […] ...