In honor of the 75th anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth, Scott Johnson at Powerline recounts the story of those early, legendary recording sessions at Sun Records in Memphis. Those sessions yielded Elvis's first minor hit (his version of "That's All Right"), but more importantly, it captured what ...

The full title of the fourth Sam Phillips album is Omnipop (It’s Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop) that evokes daffiness, absurdity, and obscure pop culture references. While that may sound like fun, Omnipop is all over the place. I consider it a serious misfire, especially coming off the relative ...

Sam Phillips - or “the artist formerly known as Leslie Phillips” - recorded as a Christian music artist until recording The Turning with the producer T-Bone Burnett. In 1988 she left Christian music behind, signed with Virgin, and adopted the moniker “Sam Phillips.” The first...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1910, born in White Station in rural Mississippi, Chester Burnett aka Howlin’ Wolf is noted for his huge voice and matching physique … one of the major pioneers of electric blues, Wolf exerted a powerful influence on many British blu...