Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired by country and African-American rhythm and blues from the 1920s and 30s. Even from its ...

‘The blues had a baby and they named it rock‘n’roll,’ sang Muddy Waters. And he was right, of course. Once he and Howlin’ Wolf started plugging into amps in the clubs of Chicago in the ...

Pete Townshend made his mark with The Who as a very spiritual lyricist. He took the introspection of Bob Dylan and brought it into the world of rock 'n' roll.

A month into former Vernon Hills resident Mark Plotnick’s retirement, his longtime friend and professional concert ...

Rock and roll lost plenty of stars early on in their careers, but there has arguably never been a more tragic tale than the story of Johnny Ace.

“East Van usually gets that reputation, but there’s a history of west side rock ‘n’ roll that we’ve mostly forgotten about.” Chapman, the celebrated author of such books as The Last ...

The Rock and Roll Express explains how they got their tag team name. In the early 1980s, Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton began ...

Magic Moments & Unforgettable Disc Jockeys" by Tony Renzoni, History Press, 176 pages, $24.99 If you were raised in Waterbury ...