The Beale Street Music Festival that has been taking place in Memphis for 36 years announced this year’s lineup. This year they are presenting Al Green, Valerie June, Wiz Khalifa, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Hamilton, Big K.R.I.T., Lupe Fiasco, Three Six Mafia, Yo Gotti, Pitbull, Robert Randolph, Buddy Guy and Gary Clark Jr. in the urban [...]
PHILADELPHIA – As legendary blues singer Etta James is laid to rest tomorrow in Los Angeles, the Rhythm & Blues Foundation wishes to express its sorrow at the loss of “our friend and Rhythm & Blues Pioneer” and its deep appreciation to her family, which is asking for all donations to be made out to [...]
Etta James, the R&B and blues singer known for singing “At Last” died this morning at a hospital in Riverside, California due to complications from leukemia. The Los Angeles native started her career as a teenager when she started The Creolettes. Johnny Otis met the group and helped them get a deal with Modern Records. [...]
J. Blackfoot, a soul singer from Greenville, Mississippi passed yesterday. Blackfoot briefly sang as a leader with the Bar-Kays after the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and four other members of the band. He became a member of David Porter’s and Isaac Hayes’ Soul Children group in 1968. The group had three top-ten hits [...]
John Forte and Valerie June work together on this rock rap blues ditty called “Give Me Water” from Forte’s Water Suite EP.
Smooth and rough, he is the undisputed king of the blues. For over 60 years, B.B. King has created some of the world’s most identifiable music, with the help of the silky “Lucille”, his trademark Gibson guitar. On July 12 Image Entertainment will release B.B. King: Live, a show that is both concert and celebration. [...]
Mixed by Derek ‘DJA’ Allen (of Mad Decent fame), the Livin’ in the Jungle mixtape combines Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears’ soulful talents with verses/beats from some of the most buzzing rappers and producers of late. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are huge fans of Southern rap, and here legends like Bun B [...]
Last night SESAC, the performing arts organization that is getting bigger, had their 15th Annual Music Awards Gala in New York City last night. Rico Love, who hit the top of the charts in 2010 with “There Goes My Baby” and “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” by Usher (featuring Plies) as well as “Just A Dream” [...]
CLEVELAND (February 3, 2011) – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will open a ground-breaking and provocative new exhibit that will illustrate the important roles women have played in rock and roll, from its inception through today. Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power will highlight the flashpoints, the firsts, the best, the [...]
