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

In the beginning, there was blues. It poured out of the American South on acoustic guitars and pianos and made it up north ...

The 1970s gave us some of the greatest blues-rock music ever recorded, but not every masterpiece got the attention it deserved. While everyone knows Led Zeppelin and Cream, dozens of brilliant albums ...

"It was a long year with many rewards. A couple of us developed expensive hobbies involving white powder and noses" ...

Some 1970s rock giants lost their way in the '80s – these 12, though, reinvented themselves and thrived in bold new ...

Dion, a former teen idol, was deeply influenced by blues and country music. He had his first hit, "I Wonder Why," in 1958, with the doo-wop group The Belmonts. Originally broadcast in 2000. This is ...