RODGERS: From album to album, Whitley veers toward blues, jazz, soul, electronica or psychedelic rock. That may be a marketing liability, but it also stirs intense devotion in fans and musicians.

Chris Whitley, a singer-songwriter who followed his critically acclaimed blues-drenched debut album with a series of recordings that seesawed between musical styles, has died. He was 45.

Chris Whitley seemed to exist inside his music. He was far removed from musical trends, ...

Chris Whitley, who skirted the edges of alternative rock in the 1990s while creating his own spectral brand of American music, died November 20th of complications from lung cancer. He was forty-five.

Chris Whitley, a singer who mixed rock and roll with blues and alternative rock, has died of lung cancer aged 45. Whitley earned critical and commercial success with his 1991 album Living with the Law ...

Whitley, Pleasing His Muse. By Patrick Foster. October 27, 2000 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. There is no shortage of opinion on Chris Whitley. Depending on whom you ask, ...

(Okeh/550/Epic) (Valley Entertainment) While both Keb’ Mo’ and Chris Whitley start armed with acoustic guitars and a general background in delta blues, the two solo artists end up in very ...