Rock & roll was born in the 1950s, a more raucous, electrified form of the blues. In the 1960s, the genre was given more life. Still rudimentary in some ways, it grew over the era and then found its ...

Thump Records turns 35 this year. This is how the L.A. label has kept oldies alive through pop-up trucks, word-of-mouth and a ...

Jimmy Clanton, stood in on the Winter Dance Party Tour after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The ...

ArtsView Children’s Theatre in Longview is gearing up for its fourth annual A Night at the Copa fundraiser, a lounge-style ...

Song of Songs is a mosaic of love poems which has a loosely defined plot. The original text does not include indications for each speaker, but most translations include notes naming the Bride and ...

Our list of the best 80s music is a collection of songs from rock, hip-hop, electronic, and more, reflecting the wide variety of sounds from the decade. The 80s were an interesting time in music ...

Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis," celebrates the many Black artists who shaped Elvis Presley’s creative vision ...

Thanks to the power of social media and film syncs, classic songs are getting reintroduced to a new generation of fans. What songs are currently trending online? Well, the path to virality ...

Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.

At 17, though, I discovered that there was one place worse than my neighborhood: where I first met my mom. There was another ...

The Many Dimensions of Dexter Gordon article by Arthur R George, published on February 6, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more ...