The Black Keys News

Louisiana is renowned for many things - blackened catfish, hurricanes, political corruption, "Treme" - but especially for its musical exports.

It's getting close to summer in the O.C. and that means local venues will be dialing up their music menus .

For four decades, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been a mecca for music lovers from across the nation.

Maybe it all comes down to being in the right place at the right time. Maybe luck has something to do with it.

Since the theme lately has been the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, it seems only fitting that the trend continues for just a little bit longer.

Although guitar-driven rock's incursions into the world of popular music are regular, widespread embrace of guitar virtuosity is a rarer thing.

For years the Black Keys toured the country behind their lo-fi blues-rock, growing their fanbase the old-fashioned way.

Nick Clark holds a black mug with a number three on it containing straight coffee.

DJ and mash-up artist Wick-it the Instigator returns to Asheville for a Saturday co-bill with Eliot Lipp at The Orange Peel .

A newly formed organization created to preserve and promote Muscle Shoals music is raising money to purchase the former location of Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.

Blurring the line between musician and fan, Geyserville bluesman Charlie Musselwhite pulled out his color-coded BottleRock schedule to survey the must-see bands he'd circled for Day 2: Alabama Shakes, Justin Townes Earle, The Flaming Lips and The Black Keys.

A new installment of the series of The Rolling Stones tribute shows known as Stones Fest is set to take place in New York and Los Angeles later this month.

Some 20,000 fans turned out to celebrate the debut of the mammoth music festival on Thursday.

Chris Shiflett, the lead guitarist for Foo Fighters, has been added to the Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash event on June 15 in Ventura.

More than 425,000 fans attended the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.

The Recording Industry Association of America today announced the integration of streams to its historic Gold & Platinum Program, the industry's premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace.

Under a post-sunset sky of deep, velvety blue, The Spin ambled toward Cannery Row last Thursday, pondering what we might expect from Jim James .

"THE BLUES had a baby and they called it rock'n'roll," Muddy Waters declared on his 1977 album Hard Again, and from Van Morrison to Rory Gallagher to Thin Lizzy, the Irish have always had time for the blues.

CHELMSFORD garage band Mandeville are back in action with a new single launched this week at a special gig at The Loop on Thursday, May 9. Darryl Webber found out more about the single and what else the band have been up to: their pledge.com campaign, they have a really great studio space which is kitted out with some awesome vintage gear.

Like hundred-dollar sandblasted jeans, the grit and grain on Hanni El Khatib's second LP feels less like the product of time and more like careful craftsmanship.