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Eric Gales is a great example of a modern blues player who has assimilated funk, jazz, blues and heavy rock. Have a listen to ...
GREENVILLE - The public is invited to join the T-L Weston Class of 1995 for a rhythm and blues show this weekend.
How to blend rhythm and lead blues guitar like John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Richard Barrett. Fri, January 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM UTC. 5 min read.
PLAY Episode Date: March 27, 2025 Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and ...
The upcoming Juneteenth festival in Boley aims to celebrate freedom and community with a day of fun, reflection, and learning ...
From that small acorn, the oak that would become Rhythm and Blues Records took root. The Middlesex-based UK label now boasts some 300 plus soul, rhythm & blues, rock and jazz titles on CD and vinyl ...
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.
M eade “Lux” Lewis didn’t just record a blues—he conjured a rolling landscape of rhythm and motion. Cut in 1928, “Honky Tonk Train Blues” demanded a great deal of the pianist ...
A night spent Uptown will bring down the rhythm and blues at Urbana’s Gloria Theatre. The energy, vocals and choreographed moves of trio Uptown may have the audience on its feet at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Eric Gales has a true gift for foregrounding rhythm in his playing, borrowing from elements of funk, jazz, blues and heavy rock. . | Credit: Steve Jennings/Getty Images ...