Browsing: Little Richard

‘Settin’ The Woods On Fire’ out on November 22! ‘The Rill Thing’ and ‘Lifetime Friend’ out December 13, ‘King of Rock and Roll’ and ‘The Second Coming’ out January 10.

The new ‘Elvis’ film had some heavy shoes to fill, and it succeeded on all fronts.

18-track collection includes hits by foundational R&B and rock ’n’ roll artists including Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price, and Roy Milton

Little Richard was way more than a novelty, and these releases prove it

Mighty Joe Castro (of Mighty Joe Castro & the Gravamen) is seeking to inspire change with vintage sounds, not vintage values

Organizers are aiming for a Dec. 5 deadline in honor of Little Richard’s birthday.

“They said, ‘Man, that’s what you should have done.’ But I thought it wasn’t good enough.”

As a musical genre, it arguably dates back almost a century. But who really invented the music known as rock and roll? Here are the contenders.

Preston Lauterbachs new book, The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock N Roll explores the electrifying & colorful origins of the famous Chitlin Circuit, a loose trail of small town venues hosting black entertainers.