On this week's 2 hour summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's blues there's reggae from Winston 'King' Cole, soul ...

“Fancy” was featured on McEntire’s album Rumor Has It and cemented its legacy through her powerful performance and a ...

Is there a soundtrack to your life? Chances are the majority of melodies playing on your turntable - especially those o ...

Fond tribute has been paid on the death of an Eastbourne-based drummer who worked with the greats. Tony Carr, a Maltese ...

Two new releases capture the jazz musician—who often played three saxophones simultaneously—delivering stimulating hard bop ...

Looking at the trajectories of 25 different female country stars' radio careers before and after having children, a distressing trend is clear. It used to be possible for women in country music to ...

How on earth did the Beatles progress from songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” in only a little more than three years? The sparks that ignite artistic ...

Knoxville native Emily Ann Roberts was back in town Nov. 7 for the first of two sold-out nights headlining at the Bijou Theatre. The season 9 runner-up on "The Voice"-turned-country star released her ...

Born Roberta Lee Streeter in 1942, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Bobbie Gentry never harbored any singing aspirations. Although she would make history as one of the first female artists in the U.S.

This is extraordinary and, from the perspective of 60-ish years later, inexplicable. These were fabulous soul-inclined pop records, and fabulous songs – as recognised by the extensive assortment of ...

In 1967, folk-country singer Bobbie Gentry became famous for her song “Ode to Billie Joe.” The unlikely hit about a young man’s tragic jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Mississippi went to No. 1 on ...