UPDATE (Sept. 19): Frankie Beverly, who died on Sept. 10 at age 77, has been added to the previously announced list of 2024 inductees into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. This year’s ...
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.
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8 Bessie Smith Songs Every Modern Music Lover Should Hear: Blues Roots of Today’s Sound.
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the undisputed “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith’s voice is a cornerstone of American music history. Her raw emotion, unwavering strength, and uncompromising style helped shape ...
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 ...
Eric Shoutin’ Sheridan, the kinetic, limber-legged singer and bandleader of the Uptown Rhythm Kings, a Washington-based ensemble that toured widely and helped revitalize the jump-blues music style of ...
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