B.B. King
Chairman Of The Boards: How Producers Shaped Our Sounds
Throughout the history of pop music, the studio changed for musicians and producers from being a place of work to becoming a creative hub.
-
Features3 weeks agoBest Christmas Blues Songs: An Essential Seasonal Playlist
For the perfect soundtrack to a bluesy little Christmas, our playlist of the best Christmas blues songs has everything you need, from King to Clapton.
-
News4 weeks ago
B.B. King Music Company Confirms Revitalized Partnership With Gibson
Plans include the launch of a new Epiphone model and the B.B. King Icon Life Legacy Initiatives.
-
Features1 month ago
B.B. King: Still The King Of The Blues
Along with his beloved guitar 'Lucille', B.B. King brought the blues out of the margins and into the mainstream of America.
-
Features1 month ago
The 120 Best Blues Albums: Classic Records You Need To Hear
From Muddy Waters to B.B. King and Koko Taylor to Shemekia Copeland, discover the records that made it onto our list of the best blues albums ever.
-
Features1 month ago‘Live In Cook County Jail’: Capturing B.B. King’s Electric Live Act
‘Live In Cook County Jail’ is a truly classic B.B. King album that deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with his ‘Live At The Regal.’
-
Features1 month ago
‘To Know You Is To Love You’: B.B. King Teams With Stevie Wonder
Remembering a great collaboration 1973 between giants of blues and soul.
-
Features2 months ago
The Best Guitar Solos: 100 Hair-Raising Moments
The best guitar solos – from driving riffs to technical displays of mastery – make a song complete and more often than not, transcend the track entirely.
-
Features2 months ago
The Best Guitarists Ever: 75 Legendary Musicians You Need To Know
From hard rockers to virtuoso jazzers, the best guitarists of all time represent a variety of sounds.
-
In-Depth3 months ago
DIY Music: How Musicians Did It For Themselves
The notion of DIY music stretches back to 19th-century flutes made from bird bone, through punk anarchy and the digital revolution.
-
Features3 months ago
Buddy’s Blues: The Best Songs By Enduring Bluesmaster Buddy Guy
In salute to a blues great, multiple Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
-
In-Depth3 months ago
Recording Studios: A History Of The Most Legendary Studios In Music
The histories of the most iconic recording studios – Sun, Motown, Abbey Road – have made them almost as famous as the musicians who have recorded there.
-
Features3 months ago
Louis Jordan: The King Of The Jukebox
Louis Jordan was dubbed the King of The Jukebox and rightly so, he was a huge star and one that is sadly much less remembered than he ought to be.
-
Features4 months ago
The Lost Festival: Atlanta International Pop Festivals
The Atlanta International Pop Festival was one of the biggest fests in 1969, boasting Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Joe Cocker, and CCR on the line-up.
-
In-Depth6 months ago
The Great American Soulbook: An Awe-Inspiring Collection Of Songs
Motown’s great songwriters were the foundations of the Great American Soulbook, an imaginary, but nonetheless awe-inspiring collection of songs written in the name of soul. But it did not come easy.
