music icons

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend’s estate. Julien’s Auctions says King often used the black Gibson ES-345 prototype that was one of several guitars he called “Lucille.” A spokeswoman for the auction house, Mozell […]

Ava DuVernay has revealed that she’s no longer attached to Netflix’s multipart documentary chronicling the life of Prince. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker had been at work on the project for several months.Deadline also noted that Prince reached out directly to the Queen Sugar creator about working together before his 2016 death. However, during a conversation with […]

Tina Turner sat down with Gayle King for an interview on CBS Sunday Morning and opened up about her “hard” life, marriages, iconic career, and the suicide death of her son Craig Raymond Turner at age 59 last July. “I think Craig was lonely, that’s what I think really got him more than anything else,” Tina tells Gayle. […]

In life, Prince fought for artist’s rights and against his original label, Warner Bros.’ control of his music. In death, his estate may have scored a victory for several of his already released works. Sony which was Michael Jackson’s longtime label and which releases catalog music through its Legacy imprint, which has successfully re-released albums […]