Stax Museum's "B.B. King in Memphis" photo exhibit features images from King’s 1982 Labor Day weekend concert at the Mud ...

B.B. King is a singular blues guitarist. He is instantly recognizable in a genre of music that has for hundreds of years relied on generally the same chord structure and patterns. Why? Because B.B.

B.B. was such a total artist. He was such an entity. The singing, the playing, the songs. I think he made, like, sixty ...

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

When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Daniel de Visé began contemplating a biography of B.B. King — one of the most iconic figures in American music — he was shocked at what he discovered.

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 ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Canton Entertainment, the production company of Mark Canton and Dorothy Canton, is partnering with Vassal Benford and The B.B. King Music Company & Estate to develop Lucille, the first and ...

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 ...

The newly released tracks are “Night Life,” featuring Paul Rodgers; “Chains and Things,” featuring Gary Clark Jr.; “Think It Over,” featuring Train’s Pat Monahan and Welsh blues-rock guitarist Chris ...