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Eric Gales is a great example of a modern blues player who has assimilated funk, jazz, blues and heavy rock. Have a listen to ...
Dream, Jeffrey Osbourne and Lucky Daye will headline the Charm City Live festival on Sept. 20, Mayor Brandon M. Scott ...
Also known as Double Trouble, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton laid down an unfaltering groove for SRV’s 1983 debut ...
Living Colour frontman pays tribute to classic R&B with The Soul Experience, blending deep cuts and personal memories ahead ...
PLAY Episode Date: March 27, 2025 Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and ...
M eade “Lux” Lewis didn’t just record a blues—he conjured a rolling landscape of rhythm and motion. Cut in 1928, “Honky Tonk Train Blues” demanded a great deal of the pianist ...
Roberta Flack, the gifted rhythm and blues singer and pianist, passed away February 24 from cardiac arrest. She was 88 years old. Flack developed ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in ...
Cleveland’s story as an early torchbearer of rhythm and blues begins in the late 1940s when this new genre of pulsating, dance-oriented music was broadcast on local stations like WJMO and WABQ.
Free concert series will feature performers each week through Aug. 13 with a mix of rhythm & blues, rock, country, reggae, hip-hop and dance music ...
Eric Gales has a true gift for foregrounding rhythm in his playing, borrowing from elements of funk, jazz, blues and heavy rock. . | Credit: Steve Jennings/Getty Images ...