The music legend, who died Saturday at 90, is recalled by the director of 1987's 'Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll' as a difficult talent who demanded cash in a paper bag but earned the title of ...

Publicity photo for Chuck Berry, circa 1957. Public domain, via Wikipedia. Chuck Berry, the man whose name John Lennon once said was synonymous with rock and roll, has died at age 90, according to the ...

Chuck Berry was a complicated man. He craved love, attention, and acceptance. But he could brutally deride those who gave it to him. He could be kind and generous to strangers. And harsh, cold and ...

The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous. So John Lennon may have been exaggerating when he said: “If you tried to ...

Fifteen years ago I wrote an essay about Chuck Berry that in updated 1980 form remains a standard text of sorts, the Berry entry in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, so I’m ...

One of the original knocks against teen-oriented rock music in the 1950s, when the form was born, came from an earlier generation that had grown up with the sophisticated, erudite songs of composers ...

Jon Brewer’s documentary about the musical legend is far more traditional than its subject. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...

Berry has been telling interviewers for years that he was working on a new album, and he has finally completed it, having recorded in various studios around his longtime home in St. Louis. His most ...

Revolutionary blues singer Chuck Berry, often referred to as the "poet laureate" and "father" of rock 'n' roll, died Saturday, police in Missouri said. He was 90. Officers responded to Berry's home ...

Adam Behr receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous.