Steve Heise and Alina Josan make music together by instinct and improvisation, one string at a time. They recently discussed their artistic convergence and the birth of their first album.

Super Chikan is the stuff of blues legend come to life. He didn't make a deal with the devil, but he did once tour with Steven Seagal. Another celebrity, Morgan Freeman, loves him so much that he paid ...

The blues icon died Monday at 79, but his signature sound marches on. The "Bo Diddley beat" powers acts from the Rolling Stones to the White Stripes. Musicologist Ned Sublette celebrates Diddley's ...

The finished product - signed by it's makers, the Black family Around the world, a great number of traditional instruments are in danger of disappearing - from the guqin in China to the English ...

Rock ‘n’ roll is the story of amplified personality, but even in an art form that celebrates outsize characters, Bo Diddley was a larger-than-life innovator. He was as essential to the creation of ...

It’s a rhythm that flows through a lot of rock music. It’s that bum, bum, bum…ba, bum you’ve heard over and over, intertwining some of your favorite songs, maybe without ever realizing you were ...

Elvis had the look, Little Richard had the scream — but it was Bo Diddley who had the all-important beat. March marks the 60th anniversary of Diddley’s self-titled debut single, which introduced the ...

Bo Diddley is recognized as one of the first and most influential rock guitarist and musicians. He was born in Pike County, Mississippi, on December 20, 1928. His birth name was Otha Ellas Bates. In ...

Rock-'n'-roll legend Bo Diddley died yesterday in his home in Florida. He was 79 years old. Born Elias McDaniel in McColm, Mississippi, he moved with his mother to Chicago at the age of seven. He made ...