Charles “Big Saul” Greene didn’t have the longest career as a DJ in Macon, but it was certainly one of the most impactful. As part of the legendary “Three Horsemen” of WIBB -- along with Hamp “King ...

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In the mid-1950s, during the birth of rock ‘n’ roll — that curious mixture of rhythm and blues, country and popular music — Orlando was on the cutting edge. Sleepy little pre-Martin Marietta, pre-Walt ...

This essay challenges the received wisdom that teenpix of the 1950s were dominated by a soundtrack of rock 'n' roll. I argue that this cycle of film production was marked by a diversity of musical ...

Revisionism alert: The propulsive 2 and 4 of rock ‘n’ roll-rhythm and blues wasn’t the only big beat shaking America from the doldrums of the late 1950s, and these recent reissues are the forceful ...

Rhythm and Blues wasn’t just a genre—it was a powerful force in the fight for civil rights. In this episode of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka explores ...

Join the legendary Manfreds and Georgie Fame for an evening of Rhythm and Blues nostalgia, and some of the greatest hits ever written. The Manfreds with an all-star line-up of original members Paul ...

With the teenage likes of Jake Bugg and The Strypes resurrecting the sounds of the 1960s for an audience of their peers, it seems that vintage rhythm’n’blues is still sounding good for its age.