Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Courtesy of J&R Adventures By the time B.B. King recorded “The Thrill Is Gone” in 1969, the blues had already traveled far ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Today, as the world marks what would’ve been King’s 100th birthday on Sept. 16, it seems ludicrous that anyone would call his powerful vocals “modest” or his wailing guitar twangy. But while he’d ...

He was 89 years old. And as musician Lenny Kravitz wrote on X/Twitter following the news, “BB, anyone could play a thousand ...

This September, Memphis will sing the blues in the most joyful way possible: by celebrating the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Born September 16, 1925, his music transcended genres, inspiring ...

As I drive my rented Dodge Hornet south on Highway 61 across the flat Mississippi Delta, the region’s famous native son B.B. King croons “Why I Sing the Blues” on the radio. Music that sprung from ...

Joe Bonamassa is honouring the legacy of late blues icon B.B. King with a monumental new project: a 32-song tribute album titled B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100. Set for release on February 6, 2026, the ...

The pinnacle album B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100, now fully released, was curated by Joe Bonamassa and took almost a full year to record. The 32-track project with 40 plus guest artists functions more ...

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 ...