Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we celebrate Black Music Month, there will be a special treat for fans of the blues this year. More than 50 years after the ...

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Joe Bonamassa is honouring the legacy of late blues icon B.B. King with a monumental new project: a 32-song tribute album titled B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100. Set for release on February 6, 2026, the ...

B. B. King posthumously scores a new No. 1 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart as In France: Live At The 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival debuts on top. NEW YORK - APRIL 18: Blues Legend B.B. King ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Windsor lives in Nashville, Tennessee and writes about music. It’s been a little over a decade since the death of B.B. King, ...

Discussions about early rock ‘n’ roll and blues music often center around the likes of Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, respectively, despite B.B. King being an integral player in either genre. This ...

Delta blues legend B.B. King once wryly referred to his distinct playing style as “droopy-drawers music.” It was a gross understatement, but King always maintained a sense of humor about his lack of ...

He was born in Berclair, Mississippi, with the name Riley B. King, a last name that would — though he wouldn't know it as a small child — point to the great things he would do. Riley was born on a ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...

Experience the legendary BB King's album 'Lucille Talks Back' reimagined and released after 50 years, introducing his blues to a new generation.