Link Wray released a string of fantastic albums in the 1970s but is best known for his 1958 song 'Rumble', the only instrumental song ever banned from radio.
Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...
He has been dead for 72 years, but Hank Williams is still the biggest influence in country music. “Anybody who writes a personal song, in some ways, ...
Mike Albert, known as “The World’s Finest Elvis Impressionist,” performs Saturday at the Basie. Scot Bruce plays young Elvis in the Red Bank show.
While some people think time travel is a real, there are plenty who are doubtful. But now, a clip from an Elvis Presley gig ...
A video from an Elvis Presley concert has gone viral after a strange object was spotted in the crowd, with some claiming it's ...
Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...
Shepard died January 17 at a Burbank, California hospital as result of pneumonia linked to respiratory failure, an obituary ...
Music is the most cannibalistic creative endeavor, with musicians not only drawing inspiration from predecessors and contemporaries, but often imitating specific techniques, stealing catchy riffs or ...
The Joeys cover Elvis Presley on "Sonoran Dreams," a new album that rocks with a Duane Eddy twang. And their guitarist isn't ...
It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in ...
Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question.