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Green wrote the tune. Santana made it his own. But on the night the music biz came together to honor Santana and his band, ...
The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne has been crowned ‘UK Blues Based Festival of the Year’ at the prestigious 2025 UK Blues Awards.
On Thursday (Sept. 19), Billboard reported that the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame has added the late Frankie Beverly to its 2024 class of inductees. Beverly, who passed away earlier this ...
White then handed off his brand-new award, picked up a guitar and proceeded to rock out the TEC Awards with his band with a pair of songs, “Old Scratch Blues,” from his 2024 album “No Name ...
Little Bill Engelhart of the Bluenotes shaped Washington’s R&B scene for over 50 years. Friends and family remember his pioneering spirit and music legacy.
The 46th Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee on May 8th. Mississippi artists Mr. Sipp, Eden Brent, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram won key awards.
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.
Indeed, The Red Clay Strays — which are nominated for two honors at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards — incorporate a blues thread in their rootsy country sound, and Stephen Wilson ...
The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame has added Frankie Beverly to its 2024 class of inductees. Here's the full, updated list of honorees.
The full line-up for The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival has officially been unveiled, promising a spectacular weekend of live music, as the award-winning event, widely regarded as one of ...
He is also a 16-time Blues Music Awards winner (with 56 career nominations), and has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.