Forty years ago last weekend, crowds turned out for the Chicago Blues Festival — an event studded with a roster of stars for ...

Black Music Month is often celebrated through playlists and tribute concerts, but some of the most compelling stories behind ...

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A 1958 rock classic was named among the greatest guitar solos of all time and helped spur the genre.

The first feature-length documentary about Chuck Berry has been released via video-on-demand and will arrive on Blu-ray on Nov. 27. It was directed by Jon Brewer, who was also behind BB King: The Life ...

Chuck Berry’s final album, being released less than three months after his passing, may be more surprising for what it resists than what it embraces. What “Chuck” definitely is not is any kind of ...

Chuck Berry, the legendary musician who helped define rock ’n’ roll, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Music historian Alan Light joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Berry’s life and his influence on ...

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An American treasure, Chuck Berry was a pioneering artist. He redefined rhythm and blues to create his distinctive rock and roll sound that, to this day, inspires so much music. He has been cited as a ...

Chuck Berry was a huge fan of The Beatles’ songs in general and “Yesterday” in particular. Berry revealed why he connected with the lyrics of The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” “Yesterday” wasn’t nearly as ...

With his signature "duck walk," his trusty Gibson ES-350T and a collection of timeless hits that had a seismic impact on the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry helped pioneer rock 'n' roll and ...