B.B. King

Amphitheatre to close, make room for Harry Potter attraction

2013-04-25 05:00:00

First they put a lid on it, and now they're pulling the plug. Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre, a fixture on the Southern California live music scene for more than 40 years, will close in September and be demolished to make room for the new...

Review: Like a rambling set at 'Babe's and Ricky's Inn'

2013-04-04 18:00:00

"Babe's and Ricky's Inn," Ramin Niami's new documentary on the legendary L.A. blues club, is a bit like the music that founder Mama Laura gathered up in her big, open-hearted embrace — an improvisational riff filled with weeping guitars, wailing...

Proof that the blues are a universal language

2012-11-07 06:00:00

The blues are a foundational American art form that speak not only to the U.S. experience but to all of humanity's. Need proof? Just ask a European -- especially a European who's making a sentimental journey to the sacred shrines of the blues, with...

Ken Phebus dies at 64; veteran talent buyer

2012-04-14 00:00:00

Shortly after being hired about a decade ago to up the ante of musical talent offered at the Orange County Fair's summer concert series in Costa Mesa, veteran talent buyer Ken Phebus rolled out his schedule for the fair's board. But one of the...

'Midnight in Paris,' The Descendants' win Writers Guild awards

2012-02-19 21:40:40

B.B. King, Mick Jagger lead blues session at the White House

2012-02-21 16:37:38

Musical moments with U.S. presidents

2012-02-22 16:36:23

Red Holloway dies at 84; Versatile L.A. jazz saxophonist

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Red Holloway, a tenor and alto saxophonist who was one of Los Angeles' most highly regarded jazz artists for more than four decades, died Saturday in San Luis Obispo. He was 84. The cause was kidney failure, complicated by several strokes, according to...

After White House show, Mick Jagger says 'Every gig is a gig'

2012-02-24 16:35:39

TV THIS WEEK: Feb. 26 - March 3

2012-02-24 16:36:47

Chaka Khan to be inducted into Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame

2012-03-19 16:33:02

Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer

2012-01-20 16:06:00

Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73. She died at...

Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus featuring B.B. King with Sonny Landreth hits Baltimore. • Concert information: Peter Frampton at Pier Six Pavilion

2013-03-11 00:00:00

At 15, Jonny Lang made a blues album, 1997's "Lie to Me," which went platinum and hit No. 1 on Billboard's New Artist chart. At 17 he made another, "Wander This World," which earned a Grammy nomination. Today, at age 32, he can't listen to them. "It's like torture," he says.

2013-02-27 00:00:00

B.B. King performs at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem on November 27.

2012-11-27 00:00:00