Although he wasn’t blind, he sang in three different gospel groups known as the Blind Boys before making a splash on the R&B and pop charts.
Exploring the home of Stax Records, who moved into a disused Capitol movie theatre in South Memphis back in 1959, beginning ...
The name Alan Freed may be largely forgotten now, but for several years in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a cultural trailblazer. He introduced the term “rock and roll” to mainstream US audiences in the ...
The outlaw country music kicked off in the 1960s, and it all started with a few choice rebellion songs that didn't fit the ...
The Art Festival is taking over the Towne Square. St. Patrick's Day events are happening from Friday through Tuesday. Paul ...
“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of ...
The national tour of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” came to IU Auditorium on Thursday and will have a second performance at ...
Music pioneer Chuck Berry is widely regarded as the Father of Rock & Roll, but despite serving as a trailblazer of the genre, the hitmaker surprisingly only notched one No. 1 hit on the U.S. Billboard ...
All 20 color plates from Henri Matisse’s “Jazz” book are on view at the Art Institute of Chicago for the first time since being acquired by the museum in 1948.