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They kick off their tour in support of “The Old Ball and Chain” Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Portland before criss-crossing 35 ...

Steve Rapport New Orleans stalwart/bassist George Porter Jr. has released a new collection of instrumental music with his revered quartet, ...

With that out of the way: ladies and gentlemen… it’s the best musical performance from all 50 seasons of SNL.

Without the blues there’d be no rock’n’roll, but certain tracks ... guitar, drums and nothing else set-up, and took that juke-joint sound into the rock arenas. The Black Keys’ first album ...

Jimmy Page was a great songwriter who wanted to make the best music possible, his meant he set an extremely high standard for ...

The Glastonbury headliner and contrarian-in-chief shows no signs of losing his edge. Stevie Chick explores his life, career, ...