70 Years Ago, Johnny Cash Released the Song That Later Revitalized His Career

Johnny Cash released Folsom Prison Blues 70 years ago and it later saved his career, gave a voice to the forgotten, and ...

Music: Bessie’s Blues

The hangings parted and a great brown woman emerged—she was the size of Fay Templeton in her Weber & Fields days, and she was even garbed similarly, in a rose satin dress, spangled ...

The Texas origins of the song that became an unforgettable Christmas classic

Released as a 78 B-side ("Lost in the Night" was on the A-side), "Merry Christmas, Baby" has become a timeless holiday ...

Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, jamming with Dylan and Clapton – and his years with Muddy Waters

Blues veteran recalls the “reefer” moment that landed him a job with his hero, the Gibson archtop that’s seen in the movie, ...

Movie Review: The Neil Diamond-inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ hits all the wrong notes

Song Sung Blue” is a new Hollywood movie about a Neil Diamond tribute act, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.

'70s Rock Icon, 80, Joins Star-Studded Lineup for 2026 Concert to Benefit Blues Legend

Along with E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt , George Thorogood, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2013, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Superstar Singer Who Redefined Honky Tonk with a History-Making Hit

Twelve years ago today, the country music world lost an innovative singer, songwriter, and guitarist who helped define the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1955, Johnny Cash Released This Iconic Song With Inaccuracies He Would Later Explain With Four Simple Words

Johnny Cash had a simple explanation for legal and geographical inaccuracies in "Folsom Prison Blues", released on 1955.