Elvis Presley was a lot of things: rockstar, actor, soldier, style icon...magician? Miguel Conner makes a compelling case for the latter.
Recorded on site at Presley’s California estate in Palm Springs, Calif., the album project was a dream come true for ...
Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis," celebrates the many Black artists who shaped Elvis Presley’s creative vision ...
Big Mama Thornton is among the Black artists whose music was a huge influence on Elvis Presley, as detailed in "Before Elvis." ...
The drums and rhythms may well have been abandoned, but gospel songs became a fusion where Vodou and ... rock ‘n’ roll as we know it entered is from 1954 in the form of Elvis Presley’s famed Sun ...
His grandfather, Jesse Presley, would have been raised with these traditional songs and cultural practices ... Her nurturing presence in Elvis’s life also contributed to his passion for music, ...
The late Lisa Marie Presley and ex-husband Danny Keough’s whirlwind romance continued to make headlines years after their split. “Their life was very simple,” Riley said of her parents ...
Bunny's latest LP keeps growing in its second week – but it may have to compete with Swift's recently shipped live album. By Andrew Unterberger The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at ...
Soul Music legend Candi Staton, who turns 85 years old in March, returns to her down-home Alabama roots on her forthcoming 32nd album ... in the Valley” that Elvis Presley popularised in ...
It’s been over six decades since Elvis Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu at a party in Germany. He was serving in the Army, the two hit it off, and subsequently they tied the knot in a 1967 ...
It can be difficult to forecast the new music landscape too far in advance when surprise album drops are becoming more and more common. Sometimes, you’ll get a single, or even a tracklist ...