Though their music often shines a light on the struggles of life, bluesmen are not particularly known for their social activism. Sure, there are specific songs about the injustices of racism and ...
Bluesman Bobby Rush and singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams will headline the Arkansas Folklife Festival, June 26-28 in North Little Rock's Riverfront Park. The 92-year-old Rush, who spent part of his ...
Noted Mississippi and Mid-South musicians Bobby Rush, Eric Gales and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram hit the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood Sunday, March 15, to perform a smashing rendition of the "Sinners" ...
SINGING THE BLUES, AND THE FILM THAT HAS BROUGHT HIM EVEN MORE ATTENTION. SOMETIMES I WONDER. WHY THE WORDS JUST DON’T TREAT ME RIGHT. BOBBY RUSH HAS BEEN GETTING THE ROYAL TREATMENT OF LATE. THE ...
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is eager to share the music he has created alongside 91-year-old blues legend Bobby Rush. The pair released “Young Fashioned Ways” in March and are on a co-headlining tour that ...
A pair of legends in the blues and rock worlds will take to the stage for a show in Southern Indiana on Saturday, Aug. 23. Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush will play a 6:30 p.m. show at the Lincoln ...
A new documentary film will be released about blues musician Bobby Rush. Titled King of the Chitlin’ Circuit, the movie explores the life of the 92-year-old musician and his 70-plus-year career. The ...
On a hot night in June, 91-year-old Louisiana-born bluesman Bobby Rush staged a PG-13 solo show at Chickie Wah Wah, the intimate Canal Street music venue. He picked and strummed a guitar, blew on a ...