You can’t talk about music from this era without including Little Richard, a famed artist from Macon, Georgia. The track, "Tutti Frutti," was written by Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie and recorded in ...

American recording artist, singer and musician Little Richard performing live, UK, 27th June 1975. (Photo by Angela Deane-Drummond/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Angela ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

I was doing some research recently for a project I'm working on and happened to read an article that Jerry Wexler wrote for the Saturday Review in June 1950. Wexler, who would become a partner in ...

We explore where the blues came from and its influence on many modern genres of music. We explore where the blues came from and how it went on to influence many modern genres of music. From Delta ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Davidson County Line, a three-piece band established in 2015 from Central ...

New to the blues? Here’s what you need to know to get you started. Blues music is a genre that grew out of the American dream. Its roots were firmly planted in the New World before it migrated to ...

The most memorable live performer I’ve seen this year was Jimmy “Duck” Holmes at the Montreal Jazz Festival on the night of July 2. The wiry country-bluesman, a few weeks shy of 75, sat in a white ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about blues music is that the genre is all about doom and gloom. Naturally, many blues songs feature lyrics about being down in the dumps, love lost, and heartbreak.

As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...