Lightnin' Hopkins

Jon Shain smiles widely when he calls this "his room." Read More

So it should come as no surprise that her new album has what she calls some "dark" moments and music in it. Read More

Both Rocks Off and our predecessor in the music editor's chair have written about what a travesty it is that there is no official marker honoring perhaps the most famous and influential musician to ever call Houston home, country-blues icon Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins. Read More

Music critics' lives — a blur of deadlines, headphone cords and modest payments by the word — don't often inspire much fascination. Read More

Music critics' lives — a blur of deadlines, headphone cords and modest payments by the word — don't often inspire much fascination. Read More

Marc Benno came up playing guitar in various bands in Austin, TX, in the late '60s, then moved to Los Angeles, where he hooked up with Leon Russell and formed the duo Asylum Choir, which released one album in 1968 and recorded a second before splitting up. Read More

Just when the spaces can't get anymore intimate, there's always a smaller venue calling around the corner. Read More

With the passing of Dickie Peterson earlier this week on October 12 after a long battle with liver cancer, we wanted to share this conversation with Peterson that took place in late 2006 as the band was firmly establishing a young, new audience. Read More

Jackie Payne performed as the headliner for the event, as a favor for a DJ friend at Berkeley Liberation Radio and has appeared on the station. Read More

Award-winning blues musicians will perform on the Rivoli Theatre stage for the third annual MonmnouthBlues.com blues festival Saturday, Oct. 24. Read More