At a young age, John Lodge found a connection with music thanks to stars like Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis. That love for music eventually led him to the stage. And for the next five decades, he ...

Rock ‘n’ roll is a true melting pot. The creation of it was a culmination of blues, jazz, boogie woogie, country, folk, and really any genre that would simply make the flavor of the noise sound better ...

Since its inception, the question of who, when, and where rock music originated has been a topic of debate. That cool mixture of drums, bass, and electric guitar, merging melody, uptempo beats, and ...

Muddy Waters got it right with his anthemic song, “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll.” And few figures ever personified that evolutionary link as clearly as Big Joe Turner, the ...

BAY CITY, MI – Blues guitarist Larry McCray has shared the stage with greats like B.B. King, Jimmie Vaughan and the Allman Brothers. And beginning this week, he is sharing the spotlight with other ...

That prompts Rather to ask him what rock and roll, at its very core, is all about. It’s here that White distinguishes key ...

Following the success of his Days of Future Passed Tour, Moody Blues singer-bassist John Lodge decided to mix up the set list for the current tour, dubbed the Singer in a Rock and Roll Band Tour. The ...

Leilani Kilgore spent years cutting her teeth as a blues guitarist, but she was never really a “traditional” blues artist. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter launched her solo career (which very ...

A musical explosion was already building beneath the surface. This video traces how early R&B, vinyl records, jukeboxes, and influential radio DJs helped fuse new sounds in the late 1940s, setting the ...