Roy Milton

Craft Recordings Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Specialty Records
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jun 2, 2021

Originally released as a 5-CD box set, The Specialty Story offers 130 tracks from the artists noted above, plus Percy Mayfield, Camille Howard, Joe Liggins, Jesse Belvin, Eugene Church, Lil Greenwood, the Swan Silvertones, John Lee Hooker, and more.

The Empress Theatre Presents ALVON JOHNSON'S ROCK N' ROLL REVUE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 3, 2018

One of the most versatile Musicians, Singers and Entertainers on the music scene today, Alvon Johnson has traveled the world singing and swinging Jazz standards with Big Bands. He also gallops the globe performing the songs that he sang while working with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, The Coasters. When he travels to Russia he is referred to as the "King of the Blues" and the "Ambassador of the Blues". His love and respect for the American art form is shared by large and enthusiastic audiences the world over.

BWW Retrospective: Celebrating 75 Years of Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2018

Celebrating 75 years on the stage! Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on March 31st, 1943, forever changing what we thought musical theatre could be.

Bluesman Jimmy Vaughan to Play The Cotillion, 3/30
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 23, 2011

Blues, Ballads and Favorites is exactly what the title describes, Vaughan's hand-picked favorites, including covers of songs by artists such as Little Richard, Jimmy Reed, Willie Nelson, Roy Milton, and Roscoe Gordon. Without any outside constraints, Vaughan was free to whittle down a list of favorite blues and R&B songs, ending up with a total of 13, each of which has special meaning to him.