Willie Dixon News

?The Songwriters Hall of Fame announced today that Lady Gaga will be the recipient of the first-ever Contemporary Icon Award at the 46th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner slated forThursday, June 18th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

In Music Is Forever: Dizzy Gillespie, the Jazz Legend and Me, Dave Usher, white and Jewish, tells the story of how he, at age 14, met the jazz giant, a black man who practiced the Baha'i Faith, and forged a 50-year friendship.

Click here to listen to the premiere of John the Conqueror's -- Pierre Moore, Ryan Lynn, Adam Williams -- previously unreleased track 'Gimme Gold' via WXPN, plus scroll down for the band's European tour dates!

Renowned rhythm and blues musician Robert Cray and his band will perform at The Orleans Showroom February 28 and March 1.

Renowned rhythm and blues musician Robert Cray and his band will perform at The Orleans Showroom February 28 and March 1.

Today, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its Inductees for 2015.

Boulder Theater will present George Thorogood and the Destroyers to the Boulder Theater tonight, October 2nd, 2014.

Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company have announced the 2014-2015 season, opening in October with August Wilson's personal story How I Learned What I Learned co-conceived and directed by longtime Wilson collaborator Todd Kreidler. Following How I Learned What I Learned, True Colors will produce the 2014 Kennedy Award Winner for Drama, Dominique Morisseau's Detroit '67 directed by Hi-ARTS Artistic Director Kamilah Forbes, opening in February and running through March 2015. The season will close in July with Kevin Ramsey's Chasin' dem Blues a musical about the history of Paramount Records.

Boulder Theater will present George Thorogood and the Destroyers to the Boulder Theater on Thursday, October 2nd, 2014.

Danny Zelisko Presents George Thorogood & The Destroyers live at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts tonight, Feb. 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert go on sale Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at 10 a.m.

A CELEBRATION OF BLUES & SOUL: THE 1989 INAUGURAL CONCERT is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning March 1, 2014.

The extraordinary four decade-plus recording career of seminal Texas blues-rocking guitar legend Johnny Winter, who celebrates his 70 th birthday on February 23, 2014, will be commemorated with the release of True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story.

Danny Zelisko Presents George Thorogood & The Destroyers live at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert go on sale Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at 10 a.m.

The Gories began in the cultural vacuum of Detroit in 1986. With humble beginnings at a community concert series through a tumultuous end on their 1992 European tour, this is a band whose influence has far outstretched the ground they covered.

The Gories began in the cultural vacuum of Detroit in 1986. With humble beginnings at a community concert series through a tumultuous end on their 1992 European tour, this is a band whose influence has far outstretched the ground they covered.

Celebrated rhythm and blues musician Robert Cray, along with his band, will perform at The Orleans Showroom tonight, May 18 and the 19th.

Robert Plant, of Led Zeppelin fame, has announced an upcoming tour featuring the Sensational Space Shifters, according to USA today. The tour will kick off June 20th and you can check out a preview of what's to come with their rendition of Willie Dixon's blues hit, Spoonful.

Celebrated rhythm and blues musician Robert Cray, along with his band, will perform at The Orleans Showroom May 18 and 19.

The Skirball Cultural Center presents the Los Angeles premiere of South Indian violinist, composer, and conductor Dr. L. Subramaniam's Global Fusion featuring harmonica blues legend Corky Siegel, live in concert, tonight, February 22, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. Continuing the Skirball's new music series, 'Journeys and Encounters' - which showcases surprising collaborations between musicians of diverse genres - Dr. L. Subramaniam's Global Fusion combines Carnatic (South Indian) music and Western classical, jazz, and rock.