CLEVELAND — A lineup of music legends are set to be honored in Northeast Ohio Sunday at the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. At the 13th annual ceremony, held at 3 p.m. at the ...
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 Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...
Melody and rhythm are almost inextricably linked. I say ‘almost’ because you can have melody or harmony without a ...
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. LOS ...
DETROIT, Mi. – The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Foundation, based in Detroit, Mich., is considering several cities as the permanent home for the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Among the ...
Back in 2007, music fan Nick Duckett walked into a record shop hoping to buy a comprehensive history of rhythm and blues on CD. To his surprise, the owner told him no such set existed at the time.
JACKSON, Miss. — A small town in the Mississippi Delta that has ties to the civil rights movement will soon be home to the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. Project planners hope to finish ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Georgia Street Rhythm & Blues Lounge is a ...
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 the ...
The Westport Rock, Rhythm & Blues Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The festival is scheduled to run from 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 at the Holy Ghost Grounds, 171 Sodom Road, ...
The Phoenix music scene has rallied around the Rhythm Room, a beloved blues club whose owner Bob Corritore launched a GoFundMe to raise the $30,000 he needed to the club's insurance company from ...
The Rhythm Room is a Phoenix live music landmark. The bunker-like club along Indian School Road owned by local bluesman Bob Corritore has jumped and jived for 34-plus years. Rhythm Room concerts are ...