I hope when people hear [this album], they understand that this is a community coming together with a lot of love for our ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

"Nobody loves me but my mother...and she could be jivin' too!"In today's world, there may never be another "King of the Blues." Yet, the United States had one...and he lived up to every bit of his ...

B.B. King is gone and the world has lost a true legend. His one string guitar solos were distinctive and just with 4 notes the listener knew he was hearing the “King of the Blues.” One of BB King’s ...

Memphis, Tennessee is pulling out all the stops for what would have been the 100th birthday of Riley B. King—better known as B.B. King—the King of the Blues. The two-day celebration that blends live ...

This September, Memphis will sing the blues in the most joyful way possible: by celebrating the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Born September 16, 1925, his music transcended genres, inspiring ...

This week on The Blues, at 11pm on Saturday, May 23, a tribute in honor of the great iconic blues man BB King, who passed away last week, May 14, at the age of 89. This broadcast, hosted by Keb' Mo', ...

Everybody is talking about the great "Blues Revival" of 1968 but there is much confusion as to what exactly Blues is and what is being revived. The bald term "Blues" covers an incredible number of ...

Newsweek profiled the late blues guitarist B.B. King, who died this week at 89, as he rose to national fame in 1968. Although its form is rigid and its words are old, the blues has an uncanny knack of ...

Blues legend B.B. King, whose crisp, powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument's greatest masters and a towering influence for generations of musicians, has died at 89. The impoverished son ...

The Mississippi guitar aficionado and father of Lucille was a tireless road warrior. By Phil Gallo, Billboard B.B. King Performing - H 2014 B.B. King, the last of the Southern-born blues musicians who ...