Stereogum — This fall, the crusty old recently-knighted golden-voiced legend Van Morrison will follow up 2015's Duets with a new studio album, his 37th. The new album is called Roll With The Punches, and it combines new songs that Morrison wrote with covers of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Eric Clapton strangely didn't mention Chuck Berry on stage, but Gary Clark Jr did before joining Clapton for a rendition of Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me." Continue reading… more info

MSN Music — Phil Chess died this week at the age of 95. He co-founded Chess Records, a Chicago blues label that gave rise to artists like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. Chess can even be thanked for sparking the formation of the Rolling S... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Phil Chess, the co-founder of Chicago’s great Chess Records who died Tuesday at age 95, was the quieter of the brothers who started the label that launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Bo Diddley and so m... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Phil Chess, the co-founder of Chicago’s great Chess Records who died Tuesday at age 95, was the quieter of the brothers who started the label that launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Bo Diddley and so m... more info

Uncut — The Chess Records co-founder helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Chess Records co-founder helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters The post... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Chicago label recorded Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Etta James, and Chuck Berry. more info

Popdose —  The past is all too present on “Fever Dream,” the swinging country rock reflection on good love gone bad offered by singer/songwriter and guitarist Michael Colton, from his upcoming release, California Blue and Popdose is pleased to bring it to... more info

Popdose — This quartet who call Brooklyn home are not what one would expect from the borough’s “indie scene”; rather, they’ve got their own interesting thing happening.  Girls On Grass’ debut album, eponymously titled, is ripe with crisp riffs, twan... more info

Guardian Music — Charlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddly ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories Continue readin... more info