Rick Olivier has spent a lifetime photographing south Louisiana musicians. He’s also an avid collector of 45 rpm records from the golden era of New Orleans rhythm and blues, which informs his approach ...

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It’s Your Thing,” has ...

Like many British Invasion groups, The Beatles picked up on American culture and sold it back to us. Even in their Quarrymen days, they performed songs by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles.

On March 10, 1963, “That’s the Way Love Is” by Bobby 'Blue' Bland reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, marking one of the most memorable moments in the singer’s career. More than six decades ...

A powerhouse vocalist inspired by blues, soul and classic rhythm-and-blues from his native New Orleans, Luther Kent died early Friday morning at his home in Livingston Parish. He was 76. Despite a ...