I've just turned 23 and I play electric guitar. And I'm very influenced by the blues and soul music and jazz, and I sing songs about my life and I - I will talk to the audience if they care to hear my ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday night, June 20, the Beachland Ballroom will welcome Mdou Moctar, the band and the singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been referred to as the “Hendrix of the Sahara.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

Let us now praise surviving ’60s guitarists. To cap a week when one was lost, two others continued to take up the mantle when a joint show by Santana and Jeff Beck played the Meadows Music Theatre in ...

Back in the ‘60s in Memphis, I listened to and played a lot of Aretha Franklin, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Booker T. and The M.G.’s, Percy Sledge and Wilson Pickett. We used to call it “soul music.” ...

Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics Green Onions, (Sittin ...

Finding the perfect male solo songs can be tough. With countless options, feeling lost in a sea of music is easy. But don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. This carefully chosen list of 55 male solo ...

The 33-year-old frontman of Robert Randolph & The Family Band has strong roots in gospel music. As a kid, he grew up attending the House of God church in Orange, N.J. That's where he first played the ...

Musician Yosef Gutman Levitt has had an unusual journey. He grew up on a farm in South Africa, where he developed a deep appreciation for jazz. Then, he came to America to study at the prestigious ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Major Harris may not have achieved the household name status of his contemporaries, but his influence on soul and R&B music is unmistakable. As a solo artist and as a member of the ...

Give yourself a musical and culinary gift Dec. 28 at the Valerie Theatre in downtown Inverness when Citrus County’s own blues ...