They were on a mission from God. When Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and director John Landis decided they would adapt the popular Blues Brothers characters from Saturday Night Live into a feature film, ...

Music and film critics scoffed, and some accused the two white comics of cultural appropriation, but Briefcase Full of Blues, the band’s debut album, sold more than 2 million copies. Two years later, ...

This Friday night World Records welcomes to its stage an artist who changed the course of music history in America: Curtis Salgado. If you are among the many millions who own a copy of the debut Blues ...

Legendary Blues Band Releasing Lost Live Album With New Comic Book originally appeared on Parade. For fans of a certain age, their introduction to the blues came in 1980, when two men—Jake and ...

Dan Aykroyd, Stevie Van Zandt, Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and others are mourning the loss of Steve Cropper, the Rock and ...

A producer of “The National Lampoon Radio Hour” and albums by the Blues Brothers, he became S.N.L.’s head writer after a dismal season early in its history. By Richard Sandomir Bob Tischler, who was ...

The songwriter, two-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer riffed on “Soul Man,” “Green Onions” and “(Sittin’ on) ...

Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.

Steve Cropper, who was the lead guitarist for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s band, the Blues Brothers, has died. He was 84.