Forty-five years after releasing his first album, “Who’s Been Talkin’,” Robert Cray is nothing but pleased to still be around and making a living by playing his guitar and singing. “It had always been ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The life-changing moment for many recording artists was witnessing The Beatles play "The Ed Sullivan ...

Robert Cray had yet to take the masses by storm with the smoldering blues of “Smoking Gun,” the breakthrough single from his “Strong Persuader” album, when he found himself in Keith Richards’ St.

On first listen, The Robert Cray Band's new CD, "Time Will Tell," sounds as if the guitarist/singer/songwriter has turned to Eastern music. Cray plays something ...

Five decades ago, when Robert Cray first started cooking up his signature stew of blues, soul, R&B, and rock, critics and fans, alike, tabbed it somewhat generically and conveniently as “modern blues.

Long before he was famous, Robert Cray got schooled in the blues by jamming alongside Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and John Lee Hooker. Now, at 72, the singer-guitarist worries today’s young blues ...

About four years ago, while performing at an outdoor festival in Memphis, veteran blues singer Robert Cray turned around and spotted the great soul man Bobby "Blue" Bland in a sailor's cap on the side ...

If ever an artist firmly stood at the intersection of rhythm and blues, it’s Robert Cray. While the Georgia native has earned numerous accolades — and quite a number of Grammys — for his acumen as a ...

Bloomington's Buskirk-Chumley Theater will be hosting two musical greats over the next few days: noted jazz composer and saxophonist Miguel Zenón and blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray, a ...

If ever an artist firmly stood at the intersection of rhythm and blues, it’s Robert Cray. The Georgia-born musician, who spent his formative years in the Tacoma area, has earned numerous accolades ...