Chuck Berry News

The boss of an inaugural festival aimed at "yummy mummies and freaky daddies" has vowed to return next year for the event set amidst a 17th century castle.

George Thorogood, scheduled to play a sold-out show at the Tulalip Amphitheatre tonight, may seem like an unlikely purveyor of wisdom.

If there's one good thing to come out of the presidential race, it could be the re-emergence of a good campaign song.

Rock and Roll`s legendary figure Chuck Berry will give a concert in Istanbul on August 15th.

SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN' Howlin' Wolf This had a lasting impression on me when I was about 11 because it had real mystery and I'd never heard anything like it before.

More than 10,000 people are descending on a 17th century castle to watch a line-up including rock and roll legend Chuck Berry, singer Kate Nash and alternative band The Flaming Lips.

I don't want you to linger generally, in some nostalgic notions you may have of the 'fifties, in plastic and chrome and bowling alleys and duck-and-cover fears, of an era of complacency and escape.

If you like your rock 'n' roll played the way God intended, you'd be wise to attended what promises to be a religious revival of sorts this Friday night at the venerable Red Dog on Hunter West.

Details emerged this week about a bizarre plea negotiation that involved a baseball reportedly signed by Terry Bradshaw in exchange for reduced criminal charges in a check forgery case.

By Peter Sanderson -- Publishers Weekly, 7/7/2008 3:47:00 PM Among comic book aficionados, the dark days in the 1950s, when comics were accused of causing juvenile delinquency, have become a familiar if distant ...

Today is the centennial anniversary of the birth of Louis Jordan. Jordan is the link from the birth of jazz and the big band swing era to rock 'n' roll, from Louis Armstrong to Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

Library 'Sock Hop' part of Summer Reading Program Ennis kids happily followed Chubby Checker's instructions to "do the twist" Tuesday afternoon at the Ennis Public Library's Sock Hop.

A couple of years ago, I wrote a column suggesting that we erect a statue of Chuck Berry and put it at the airport.

COSHOCTON - Curtis Shelton's older brother, Zack, had nothing but praise Friday evening for his younger sibling's singing ability.

Eric Clapton wrote about his love for rock 'n' roll with his song "I've Got a Rock 'n' Roll Heart." The chorus says, "I get off on '57 Chevys.

Identifying Steve Jordan as a first-call drummer hardly does justice to the man's titanium credentials.

Everybody loves lists. We said that over Memorial Day Weekend. And Rolling Stone drove it home in June, when it published its list of the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All-Time ." The backlash was immediate ...

If you read enough rock and roll criticism, you will read what appears to be consensus opinions on certain music and artists.

It was a sweet year to put on a jazz festival: You could warm up the crowd by day with Thelonious Monk playing "Blue Monk" , then, after the sun set, chase "Sweet Little Sixteen" with Chuck Berry.

The year was 1957 and I was 17. A few of my high school friends and I were at the King's Highway and Natural Bridge White Castle in St.