They call him the Screaming Eagle of Soul. When newcomer Charles Bradley sings you feel it deep down, similar to the gritty soulfulness of the legendary Otis Redding, if more torn and frayed around ...

Retro-rocker John Spencer swaps the blues for rockabilly in his Heavy Trash side-project, whose third album is a tone poem to the old-fashioned thrills of buzzsaw guitars, twangy tremolo effects and ...

Music has always been a part of Rashod Ollison's life. His new memoir, Soul Serenade, is a story both of songs and hardships. His father left the family when he was only 6. He writes that his mother, ...

Gene Ludwig is four square in the traditional school of Hammond B3 organ players and with more than 40 years at the console, he helped to form the tradition. His playing is relaxed, laid back, ...

It’s difficult to fathom that 1967’s I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You, perhaps Franklin’s crowning artistic achievement, was actually her 11th studio album, and even more difficult to fathom ...

Vinyl is making a comeback. Those are five words that put a smile on a music aficionado’s face. A CD isn’t the same, they say. An MP3 is nowhere near as good. You don’t get the right sound unless ...

Aside from extended touring with Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock, as well as in a trio co-led with Pat Martino, Hammond B3 Organ master Gene Ludwig’s activities have primarily taken place within the ...

Derek Trucks recorded this album with his band in two sessions (one in 1999, the other in 2000). By Billboard Staff Derek Trucks recorded this album with his band in two sessions (one in 1999, the ...