You don’t get the nickname “Lightnin’” for no reason, especially when you’re a blues artist. Born March 15, 1912, in Centerville, Texas, Samuel John “Lightnin’” Hopkins became one of the most ...

The track, “Blues Jumped a Rabbit,” is out this week as part of the new Mack McCormick archive three-box set of 66 songs featuring Hopkins. The project is set for release this summer on August 4. The ...

Texas blues singer/guitarist Sam "Lightnin'' Hopkins could lay claim to the authentic blues, having worked in the cotton fields for years. He turned electric in the 1950s, and toggled between acoustic ...

Country, big band, R&B, blues and pop music all find their way into "Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War," a new anthology of music and spoken-word recordings from the ...

Enjoy a blues-themed night at Discovery Green with live blues music and a screening of The Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins. Performing on guitar and vocals, Lightnin' Hopkins was a Houston native ...

Lightnin' Hopkins, the late legendary Houston blues musician, has been awarded a historical marker by the Texas Historical Commission. The marker will likely be placed this fall at the corner of ...

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Lightnin' Hopkins' self-titled 1959 album will return to print on vinyl for the first time in years thanks to a new Smithsonian Folkways program that will recirculate some of the most storied titles ...

Arriving September 13th, both albums will be available on audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl, CD and hi-res digital. Both will go on sale on September 13, 2024 and are available to pre-order today.

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.