Tomorrow, Rocks Off – and, we hope, a lot of our readers – will drag our raggedy asses out of bed and over to Project Row Houses in Third Ward at 10 a.m. to witness something incredible: The ...

Did you know that Paste owns the world’s largest collection of live music recordings? It’s true! And what’s even crazier, it’s all free—hundreds of thousands of exclusive songs, concerts and videos ...

You don’t get the nickname “Lightnin’” for no reason, especially when you’re a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John “Lightnin’” Hopkins became one of the most ...

Country, big band, R&B, blues and pop music all find their way into "Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War," a new anthology of music and spoken-word recordings from the ...

More than 60 years after he made his first recordings, Houston's Sam "Lightnin' " Hopkins will be honored this week by the Recording Academy, the organization that stages the annual Grammy Awards. The ...

Listen, if you will, to the first 30 seconds of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Moanin’ Blues.” Listen to what happens when the weight of the world and love and loss is too much – if that all could form a pulse, ...

Legendary Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins achieved an effortlessly iconic look with shades, a fedora, a cardigan, a dangling cigarette and gold teeth. Hopkins' manner also made for colorful stories ...

Eric Davis was unpacking a large state historical marker when he noticed the misspelled name scrawled on the packaging: "Sam (Lighting) Hopkins." Cast aluminum doesn't lend itself to corrections.

Enjoy a blues-themed night at Discovery Green with live blues music and a screening of The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins. Performing on guitar and vocals, Lightnin' Hopkins was a Houston native ...

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Arriving September 13th, both albums will be available on audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl, CD and hi-res digital. Both will go on sale on September 13, 2024 and are available to pre-order today.