Chuck Berry, one of the original pillars of rock ‘n’ roll and a true giant in the history of recorded music, died Saturday, March 18 at age 90. Actually, if we’re going to go with an architecture ...

“That’s called … titillating!” Chuck Berry exclaims from the stage at Blueberry Hill, a small club just outside of St. Louis and his favorite venue in the world. He bends guitar notes into balloon ...

I first notice him standing under a single fluorescent light in a back corner of the shadowy basement night club. His black raincoat is still buttoned to the collar, and a battered brown guitar case ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll ...

A friend recently said that the curse of getting older is watching all the things in your life disappear, one by one. One of my biggest disappeared last weekend with the death of rock 'n' roll founder ...

When Gary Clark Jr. opened for Eric Clapton in New York on Sunday night, the day after Chuck Berry died, he told the audience that his song “Travis County” wouldn’t exist without Berry. “It’s one of ...

Stream the rock and roll pioneer's final album, featuring appearances by Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still ...

St. LOUIS – Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as the legendary musician Chuck Berry, hailed from St. Louis. February marks Black History Month, and a prominent figure in St. Louis’s ...

Photo by Jenny LensTake the white man's table scraps, transform them into something new, and spice it up so good that the white man wants it back. That's much of the story of black American culture in ...

The National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry with a collage by Red Grooms (1978), currently installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space on ...

With the passing of Chuck Berry on Saturday, popular music lost one of its true legends and rock ‘n’ roll lost its founding father. Berry died at his home in St. Louis, Missouri after spending his ...