B.B. King is a singular blues guitarist. He is instantly recognizable in a genre of music that has for hundreds of years relied on generally the same chord structure and patterns. Why? Because B.B.

When B.B. King passed away in 2015 at the age of 89, he left behind a challenge. “Do what you can to keep the blues alive,” he often told those who crossed his path. Today, on what would have been ...

I hope when people hear [this album], they understand that this is a community coming together with a lot of love for our friend B.B. King,' Joe Bonamassa shared.

B.B. King and Willie Nelson do not reside in the same genre of music, but they reside in a shared taste. A taste that cannot be defined by executives, marketers, or anyone who wishes to slap a label ...

When kings get the blues — it’s magic. The Reading Blues Fest will celebrate that magic when outstanding blues guitarists Albert Castiglia, D.K. Harrell and Chris Cain take the stage to present the ...

This September, Memphis will sing the blues in the most joyful way possible: by celebrating the 100th birthday of B.B. King. Born September 16, 1925, his music transcended genres, inspiring ...

B.B. King, the King of the Blues, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16. Most Americans know his name, his primacy among blues legends, and the singular identity of his beloved hollow-body Gibson guitar ...

Today, as the world marks what would’ve been King’s 100th birthday on Sept. 16, it seems ludicrous that anyone would call his powerful vocals “modest” or his wailing guitar twangy. But while he’d ...

B.B. King, legendary "King of the Blues" who died in at the age of 89 in 2015, would have turned 100 on Sept. 16, 2025. In 1925, Riley B. King was born in Berclair, Mississippi, a small, ...