Billy Gibbons may be one of the coolest cats ever to sling a Gibson Les Paul, but it took B.B. King playing his guitar to ...

By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far beyond its point of origin.

B.B.King would have turned 100 last September, but Joe Bonamassa has organized more than 40 players to pay tribute on a new ...

LAS VEGAS -- B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

B.B. King and Willie Nelson do not reside in the same genre of music, but they reside in a shared taste. A taste that cannot be defined by executives, marketers, or anyone who wishes to slap a label ...

SPEAKING OF BIRTHDAYS, THIS YEAR MARKS THE CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS OF TWO MISSISSIPPI ICONS. BLUES LEGEND B.B. KING AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR EVERS. >> TODAY, THE STATE IS KICKING OFF A YEAR OF ...

From ZZ Top to Jimmy Page to Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King has been a significant influence on rock and blues artists who came after him. Yet, when we think of the most ubiquitous musicians of either ...

The real B.B. King story you may not know — Alice Faye Duncan explains Live at 9 ...

When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...

*Tito Jackson‘s got a new legal issue to deal with. The musician and a band he played with apparently negotiated in bad faith with the BB King music company and profited off of the late blues legend’s ...