Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...

So, you know how Jimi Hendrix is widely considered the greatest guitar player of all time? How it's just something people know practically from birth. That thanks to songs like "Foxy Lady" and "All ...

It’s a labor of love,” Mike Campbell says of his group, the Dirty Knobs. “It’s something I started doing between ...

From the Texas International Pop Festival to an appreciation of Robert Johnson's Dallas connection, the Lone Star State and ...

Pixies frontman Frank Black runs through his sophomore studio effort 'Teenager of the Year' on stage in Chicago as the album turns 30 with world tour winding down.

We here at Split Record Review hope the beginning of your semester is going well, but if it’s not, maybe listening to Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band will give you some energy to keep ...

WHEN two savvy Southerners hooked up with two West Midlands wild men, it was a case of light the blue touch paper and stand well back. As legend has it, they were supposed to go down like “a lead ...