A museum that celebrates Lancashire as the home of Britain’s jukebox revolution is set to open soon. Enthusiast Karl Dawson ...
Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis," celebrates the many Black artists who shaped Elvis Presley’s creative vision ...
Beyoncé winning the best country album Grammy with Cowboy Carter forces us to face our fixation with ‘genre’ – and rightly so ...
Rock is Black aims to celebrate and reclaim the Black roots that shaped rock music with an all-Black artist lineup.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame aims to recognize artists who’ve significantly contributed to the evolution, development, and perpetuation of rock ‘n’ roll.
When it comes to exploring the 1950s roots of rock ‘n’ roll, you can do a lot worse than to delve into the catalog of Reverend Horton Heat. Singer/guitarist Jim “the Rev” Heath has been preaching the ...
Known as Daddy G, he recorded with Jackie Wilson, Chuck Willis and others, but he was best known for the Gary U.S. Bonds ...
Amsterdam tuba player Herbert S. Breen was married twice. His first wife, Maude Mosher, died in 1927, the year the Mohawk Mills Band was formed. Two years later he married ...
Nelson, 91, is a Texas native who has long been a member of the outlaw county scene since starting his career in the 1950s.
The Jordan Brothers, a rock’n’roll band that performed in the region for about 28 years, is being inducted into the Central ...
Jean-Pierre Allard is an Ottawa writer who has been passionate about drums and music ever since he saw Ringo Starr in A Hard ...