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, ...

Musician Chris Whitley has died. His first album, Living with the Law, featured his biggest single, "Big Sky Country." ... And he rebelled against the idea that blues, jazz, rock, ...

It's easy to stack Chris Whitley's CDs in the blues bin; isn't that where every player of a National steel guitar belongs? But Whitley bridles at being called a bluesman, describing his music as ...

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, ...

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 ...

Blues-influenced guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and producer Chris Thomas King will take over the Dew Drop Jazz Hall stage on March 22, and his show could strike any number of ...

Slash found the perfect singer for his cover of the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac song “Oh Well.” The Guns ‘N Roses guitarist roped in country rocker Chris Stapleton for a take on the song ...

Speaking to Rolling Stone on Friday, Guns 'N Roses rocker Slash revealed that he knew he had to have the country star Chris Stapleton for his cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well." ...

(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 ...