Rock and roll isn't just music—it's been the soundtrack to our lives for generations. Since bursting onto the scene in the ...

Hail! Rock and Roll! It was the same theater that turned him away as a child because he was Black. See An Exploration of Smithsonian Collections Featuring African American Music from Smithsonian Music ...

1950s-style blues and rock and roll, rockabilly, traditional country music, bluegrass, tango and many types of folk music. History The double bass is generally regarded as a modern descendant of the ...

Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.