Robert Mann’s 10th book, “You Are My Sunshine: Jimmie Davis & the Biography of a Song,” wraps musicology and social and ...

Robert Mann’s 10th book, “You Are My Sunshine ... A guitar, banjo and ukulele player himself, Mann enjoyed his first foray into musicology. “I learned how to write about music through ...

Jimmie Davis, first publicly strummed his guitar and sang ... was then called hillbilly music, which is now country music, in the early days.” "You Are My Sunshine” is one of the reasons ...

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Even on a rare day off from Creed’s Are You Ready? tour, Tremonti is facing a mile-long call sheet of Zoom ... best blues players, in my home town, when blues really isn’t my strong suit.’ When you’re ...

The original lyric sheet still ... in popular music, whether in a 30s classic such as “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” or in Rod Stewart’s disposable pop hit “You’re In My Heart,” which ...

Mann weaves together the birth of country music, Louisiana political history, World War II and the American civil rights movement in his latest book.

The jazz-funk pioneer passed away in New York City at age 84; his catalog is essential to the experience of so many in the Black community.

The legendary American vibraphonist, composer and pioneer of jazz-funk died Tuesday, his family said. He was 84.

Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk vibraphonist known for the album Everybody Loves the Sunshine which has been sampled countless times ...

A round-up of the best new guitar releases from the month of Feb, with new cuts from Sam Fender, Tash Sultana, Los Pirañas, and... Buddy Guy and Switchfoot?

Roy Ayers, the musician behind the iconic song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," has died at 84. The singer's family announced his death in a Facebook post on Wednesday evening.