Bobby "Blue" Bland, a colossal figure in R&B and the blues, died Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., at age 83. His son told the Associated Press that Bland died of complications from an "ongoing illness." In a ...
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From its 1940s jazz-and-blues roots to today’s genre-blending hits, R&B has continually reinvented itself while staying true to its soulful core. Each era brought new sounds—from Motown harmonies to ...
Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...
When David Cameron and his business partner bought Char's Has the Blues, the Melrose district nightclub that went on the market in 2020 after 35 years of hosting a variety of R&B, blues, soul and funk ...
If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Courtesy of J&R Adventures By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far ...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The first R&B Blues Picnic in Albany was held on Sunday evening. The event has been held in other southern cities. “Everyone just come out and have a good time in Albany. We are ...
On a back road in Kilgore, Texas, a three-legged stool groans under an immense man sitting beside a rusty pickup parked outside his house. The truck’s raised hood yawns at the sameness of every day on ...
Syleena Johnson became a force in mainstream R&B in the early 2000s, landing several chart hits and working alongside such figures as Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, and R. Kelly. But in many ways the ...
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Jaelani Turner-Williams addresses claims that today’s R&B is too sexual. R&B’s ...
The pinnacle album B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100, now fully released, was curated by Joe Bonamassa and took almost a full year to record. The 32-track project with 40 plus guest artists functions more ...
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