The initial music line-up has been announced for the Rock, Ribs, and Ridges Festival, a weekend of the best in southern/classic rock bands with a touch of ...

Like so much rock ‘n’ roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there. Not to be confused with its lighter-touched country rock ...

In the world of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll, Pittsburgh’s Ghost Hounds stand out from the pack with a new spin on the traditional approach of classic rock. On their new album, First Last Time, the band ...

JJ Grey hasn’t released an album for nine years, and his recent record, “OLUSTEE,” is also his first self-produced album. On Jan. 31, he plays at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in support of the ...

Bloomington native Matthew Curry will tour Europe this winter as part of the label's Blues Caravan Tour. His album "One for ...

Devon Allman’s "Blues Summit U.S. Tour" will open Aug. 7 at the Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge. Allman and Ruf Records announced the tour along with the release of a new album titled ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band may define the classic sound, but should we also consider R.E.M. to exist in the same category? They are, after all, a rock band from the South. Neil ...

Can a band be considered Southern rock if they are not from the South? What if that band isn’t even from America? Foghat brings up precisely this conundrum. The band formed in London, England, in 1971 ...

The ‘90s supposedly “killed the guitar solo.” Yet even amid a decade dominated by grunge, gangsta rap, teen pop and nu-metal, southern rock, a classic sound synonymous with guitar solos, made a ...

Tinsley Ellis and his group are one of the most dynamic rock ‘n' roll bands around –and they're headed our way. An Atlanta native, the singer/guitarist’s fiery talents usually are classified as blues, ...