Soul Serenade is the fourth commercial release for Allman Brothers guitarist Derek Trucks. A second generation band member (the guitarist is the nephew of drummer Butch Trucks), Mr. Trucks studied ...

Blues is as much celebration as it is pain, an affirmation of one’s soul whether wrenching to the core over life’s troubles or definitively casting those troubles aside and saying “not this day you ...

Gene Ludwig is four square in the traditional school of Hammond B3 organ players and with more than 40 years at the console, he helped to form the tradition. His playing is relaxed, laid back, ...

From playing shows, booking music events and hosting his Tuesday afternoon show, “Soul Serenade,” on WWOZ 90.7 FM, guitarist Marc Stone knows a lot of New Orleans musicians. That comes in handy when ...

Rashod Ollison is many things. The award-winning journalist is black; he’s a music critic; he’s gay. In his new memoir, Ollison recounts his childhood experiences marked by pain, poverty, dysfunction ...