Renowned jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington dated a trombone player named Gus Chappell, and that explains some of her song “Big Long Sliding Thing.” She said her tune “Long John Blues” was about ...

When the rockabilly quartet Rocky Velvet drives to gigs, they play “Name That Tune,” and guitarist Graham Tichy usually loses. “I’m by far the worst at it,” he admitted on Sunday as the band drove ...