B.B. King News

Almost five hours from Madison Square Garden in April erases any need to have been there.

The nominees for the 2014 Blues Music Awards were announced on Tuesday. Memphis-raised harmonica man Charlie Musselwhite is among the top nominees, up for awards in five categories, as are fellow veterans James Cotton and Lurrie Bell.

Mayer, who played Tuesday night at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, doesn't really have a signature sound, so you really never know what's coming next.

The extraordinary four decade-plus recording career of seminal Texas blues-rocking guitar legend Johnny Winter, who celebrates his 70 th birthday on February 23, 2014, will be commemorated with the release of True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story.

Legendary blues guitarist and vocalist B.B. King graced Segerstrom Hall on Sunday night for his debut performance at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

The Record Company will open for legendary blues guitarist B.B. King at his Segerstrom Center debut tonight, December 8 at 7 p.m. in Segerstrom Hall.

Billy Gibbon s, legendary ZZ Top Guitarist, along with the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, is unquestionably one of the finest blues-rock guitarists to ever emerge from Texas.

The renovation project of the Cotton Club of Gainesville , the historic music venue in East Gainesville where the likes of B.B. King and Ray Charles performed, is at a standstill.

Whenever I'd think about Atlanta's central business district, I'd picture the beggars and junky looking merchant carts that resembled a yard sale, dirty sidewalks and burned-out streetlights.

Nearly 2.5 million Americans are in prison in the United States. Although we've mastered that form of low income housing, the Shawshank Redemption has all taught us that prison is not that much fun.

The singer and keyboard player stays in direct contact with his listeners, performing dates around the country.

You picked a fine time to make your Segerstrom Center for the Arts debut, B.B. King.

Well-known Tulsa-based harmonica player and vocalist Jimmy Markham recently returned from Los Angeles, where he was working with Eric Clapton on a tribute album honoring the recently deceased J.J. Cale - who like Markham, honed his chops in the Tulsa club scene of the 1950s.

The Recording Academy has named 27 new recordings to the Grammy Hall of Fame , which preserves and celebrates the greatest recordings in history.

At this point, it seems fair to assert that Austin-bred singer-songwriter Gary Clark Jr. will be remembered as one of history's most legendary guitarists.

September 10 and 11, 2010: Jack-of-all-trades Austin guitarist Jake Langley took blues piano legend Joseph William Perkins of Belzoni, Miss., into Yellow Dog Studios.

Nov. 29--Experience the musical brilliance of Jimi Hendrix Saturday night at the State Theatre at a live tribute show by Charlottesville blues man Eli Cook.

Bluesman B.B. King will perform Dec. 4 in Ventura, Dec. 5 at the San Manuel Casino near Highland , Dec. 7 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and Dec. 8 in Costa Mesa Mississippi bluesman B.B. King is scheduled to bring his legendary playing style and his famous guitar "Lucille" to local audiences this week.

It's always exciting to have a new album come out. This is the first time I've done a live album and something people have been asking about for a while, so I'm really excited to see what people make of this.

The Daily Courier The winners have been selected in The Daily Courier's B.B. King Trivia/Riddle Contest.