Longtime Bay Area bluesman J. C. Smith has been around the block, traveling not only across the U.S., but also to far-flung places like Argentina, Armenia, Canada, Chile, China, Latvia, ...

From TheatreWorks’ new play about a mother-son road trip to a jazz guitar icon, there is plenty to see and do in the Area ...

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

Plenty of musicians have transitioned into acting, but many are fine making cameos in movies, whether as themselves or ...

The King of Rock n' Roll rose above his humble start in life. He's still revered for his music and what he represents.

Lucid new memoir – a sort of sequel to Just Kids – gives fascinating insight into the worldview of one of the greatest living artists of our time ...

Hannah Pezzack looks back half a century to Patti Smith's Horses and finds an album pulsating with erotic energy ...

Some artists peak early. These stunning debut albums set a standard so high, even their creators couldn’t top them ...

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.

But the conversation with Dion Dublin, one of the true good guys of English football, begins in Great Yarmouth and ...

Albany Symphony Orchestra, Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. $23-$73. 800-745-3000 or palacealbany ...

Today in Music History for Nov. 19: In 1954, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was seriously injured in a car crash while en route to a Los Angeles recording session from Las Vegas. His left eye was removed ...