Keb’ Mo’ is Kevin Moore. Here is the beginning of AllMusic’s bio of the throwback blues performer: Guitarist/vocalist Keb’ Mo’...
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This is one of the most interesting bios I’ve read while doing this site. Dick Dale is most associated with the development of surf music. The profile...
I had chosen the music for this post on the Staple Singers and was looking for background material without being aware of the sad news that Cleotha Staple, the...
Tal Farlow, who was nicknamed “The Octopus” because of the size of his hands and their ability to navigate the fretboard, has a surprisingly short...
West End Blues by Louis Armstrong is one of the most important songs in jazz. A YouTube poster named pandasthumb describes the piece. It’s definitely...
The Daily Music Break has featured zydeco players Buckwheat Zydeco and Rockin’ Sidney. But we should have led off with Clifton Chenier, who was the...
Van Cliburn, July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013 Pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural 1958 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. An American win at...
How could a song with these lyrics not be on the list of the best ever? Perhaps some of the younger visitors to the site aren’t familiar with them, so...
B.B. King is introduced in the above clip by Jimmy Walker, of Good Times fame (Dyn-O-mite!). The song is of How Blue Can You Get? Below King sings Just a...
George Harrison was born on this day in 1943. I may be reading too much into it, but it seems that the comment at the very end and the plaintive look Richards...
