Lou Rawls at the 2005 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, Monrego Bay, St James. ---- By Roy Black---- The high point of male vocalising in popular music was epitomised by
Bobby "Blue" Bland, left, receives his award for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from B.B. King during induction ceremonies in New York. (AP) GRENADA, Miss. – Bobby "Blue" Bland,
February was Black History Month in the United States. The Jamaica Observer has published a series of stories looking at African-American artists who have influenced Jamaican music. The series closes
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of jazz crooner Nat "King" Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, has died in South Florida after a short battle with
Brian McKnight--- After a mesmerising sold-out performance at the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York's Times Square last Saturday night, American soul superstar Brian McKnight expressed his delight at