Howie Kaplan, who both owns The Howlin' Wolf club and manages the Rebirth Brass Band, introduced the group at the early show at his Warehouse District club Friday. On a night when both Howlin' Wolf ...

Michelle Curtin squirmed in her front-row seat, trying not to dance, but it wasn’t easy. Steps away, the Rebirth Brass Band was cutting loose for its first hometown show – and the Howlin' Wolf's first ...

His name was Chester Arthur Burnett, but everyone called him Howlin' Wolf. He played harmonica, but some say he was the greatest blues singer of... Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues Howlin' ...

Get your mojo workin’ on St. Paddy’s Day with a crucial American blues superhero. James Cotton — the man known as “Superharp,” veteran of the Muddy Waters band, the Howlin Wolf band, the man who got ...

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The Walker Roaders — the supergroup featuring ex-members of the Pogues, Flogging Molly, and Dropkick Murphys — have released a new cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning.” The cover finds the ...

It also gave Marc Bolan his electric guitar style when Tyrannosaurus Rex became T-Rex. The songs Sumlin played on became classics and were influential. But they were fun, too, and about more than just ...

Like Tom Petty – heard the new album yet? – once sang, it’s good to be king. While Rocks Off No. 2 is saddled with justifying his tendency to sing “Over the Rainbow” in the car when (he says) no one ...