In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S.

Melody and rhythm are almost inextricably linked. I say ‘almost’ because you can have melody or harmony without a distinguishable rhythm, and rhythm itself can exist with no melodic content at all.

A glitzy collection of historical stagewear and largely unseen memorabilia once belonging to R&B legends such as Aretha ...

India Ambré Perkins, known in Rhythm and Blues / Jazz circles as Ambré, performed at the 'Say It Loud' Black History Month celebration in Boynton.

The soul icon who formed the group with the late Curtis Mayfield, notched 38 career Billboard Hot 100 singles over his long ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the legacy of incarcerated Nashville soul pioneers Johnny Bragg and The ...

R&B legend Ronald Isley told TMZ that when it comes to setting the mood in the bedroom, he prefers to play his own music.

Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...

On this auspicious day marked by overt, commercialised gestures in the name of love, I cannot help but wonder if Shakespeare ought to warn us about the ides of February instead of March.

RHYTHM and blues star Mike Sanchez is set to perform in Worcester for the first time in five years. Sanchez will headline at Huntingdon Hall on Thursday, July 3, at 7.30pm, bringing his classic UK ...

It was the featured instrument in the band, so that was the one you wanted to play.” By the 1950s, Barge was jamming with local jazz and rhythm and blues groups and leading the Gene Barge Band. The ...