The Love Dogs, a Boston-based jump blues band, will perform at the 9th Annual Jazz+ Live concert in Worcester. Founded 32 years ago by Eddie Scheer, the band specializes in a mix of jump blues, New ...

Bright Eyes have shared a new song, “1st World Blues,” that is influenced by ska music and is a takedown of late stage capitalism, with references to Reaganomics and large chain stores such as Hot ...

Boston-based GA-20, one of today’s most popular blues trios, taps blues royalty, harmonica virtuoso and vocalist Charlie ...

If there’s a perfect way to measure the career trajectory of Blue Moon Marquee, it might be this: Jasmine Colette is ...

When a 21-year-old Elvis Presley stepped up to the microphone in 1956 to record his version of the gritty blues track "Hound Dog," nobody could have predicted that the song would spend a ...

On July 13, 1956, RCA Victor released Elvis Presley’s hit song Hound Dog. It blended rhythm and blues (R&B) with rockabilly and country music. This fusion helped reshape American popular music.

Billboard's Makin' Tracks column looks at the writing and recording behind Ashley Cooke's "Baby Blues." By Tom Roland Hangovers suck. But skipping work over a hangover isn’t cool, either. In fact, ...

The King made it a rock ’n’ roll classic, but Big Mama Thornton’s original blues anthem was all sex and swagger ...

Mark James, songwriter who gave Elvis his hits Suspicious Minds and Always on My Mind – obituary. Mark James’s own recording ...

Miriam Makeba sang a famous song about the 16 June 1976 uprising in her birthplace, South Africa. The protest was a pivotal point in the fight against apartheid and white minority rule in the country.