The provocative Jay-Z protTgT has increasingly embraced a rated-R image on her road to superstardom. Still, the Barbadian sweetheart effortlessly radiated a sunny spirit when she sat down to gush about …

They shared the airwaves, the stages, the marquees - and, sometimes, even the songs. Buddy Holly, for instance, covered Chuck's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," but it's the stut-a-stut-a-stutter of Holly's  …

For the sake of time and space, it'd be easier to discuss the artists and scenes Chuck Berry didn't influence than the ones he did. But rest assured: that won't stop us. If you're thinking that  …

When you're such an incredible guitarist, such a pulse-pounding performer, it might get lost on the general public that you're also one of rock's greatest songwriters - but a half-century's worth of mu …

Rock 'n' roll may have had a white King, but from its first song to its greatest songs, the royal court had a far different complexion. If Jackie Brenston wasn't the luckiest man in pop history, …

Chuck Berry could've been the King of the Blues . . . only he chose to help invent rock 'n' roll instead. Fact is, Berry considered himself a bluesman when he cut what he thought was going to be …

Every time we think the blues has been lost to the sands of time, another generation steps up, grabs a guitar, and re-ignites the torch. "Pride and Joy," "Bad to the Bone," "Lie to Me," - these ten cut …

Maybe it took Eric Clapton to turn the world on to Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues" but songs like "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Stormy Monday Blues" didn't need any middleman - they seared their way int …