The rock world lost a great with the passing of John Lodge on October 10, 2025. Here are four tracks he spearheaded with The ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

After Lodge and Hayward joined the group, The Moody Blues evolved from an R&B outfit to a more experimental psychedelic and melodic rock band, starting with the group’s landmark 1967 symphonic concept ...

In the beginning, there was blues. It poured out of the American South on acoustic guitars and pianos and made it up north ...

As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of ...

Muddy Waters got it right with his anthemic song, “The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll.” And few figures ever personified that evolutionary link as clearly as Big Joe Turner, the ...

Paul Thorn, a Southern blues-rock musician, recently released a new album, “Life is Just a Vapor.” Thorn is touring in support of the album and will perform Friday at Mad Hatter Shows & Event Center ...

LEGENDARY guitarist Steve Cropper, famous for writing iconic hits including Green Onions, has sadly died aged 84. The iconic ...

Like so much rock 'n' roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock ...