August 27, 1990 was “The Day the Music Died” in Austin. Thirty-five years ago, 35-year-old Stevie Ray Vaughan died in a helicopter that crashed into the side of a Wisconsin ski slope shortly after ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Stevie Ray Vaughan may be one of the most successful and beloved ...

Post Malone might be one of the most eclectic artists in the music business today. He has dipped his toes into several genres including hip-hop, rock, pop, and country. Last night, he showed his fans ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Stevie Ray Vaughan was among the most successful and revered blues guitarists in history when he died in a helicopter crash on his way to Chicago on August 27, 1990. "You don't find ...

There’s a heart-stopping moment in the film The Shawshank Redemption when Andy Dufresne crawls to freedom through what Morgan Freeman’s character Red narrates as “five-hundred yards of shit-smelling ...

In the 1960s, most of the music on the radio was inspired by The Beatles and emerging psychedelic rock. But two brothers from the Dallas area were inspired by the guitar playing they heard in small ...

Austin musician W.C. Clark, known as “the Godfather of Austin Blues” and a mentor to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died. He was 84. After learning guitar at a young age, the Austin native played his first ...

Wesley Curley "W.C." Clark, the singer and guitarist dubbed the "Godfather of Austin Blues," died Saturday at Christopher House hospice in Austin. He was 84. Clark had been diagnosed with cancer at ...