Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Omaha Performing Arts presents blues vocalist Ellis Hooks in the 1200 Club at the ...

Even if the music of Ellis Hooks weren’t so utterly compelling and unusual, his story might warrant novelistic treatment by Walter Mosley or James Baldwin—or at least might personify some folk tale ...

Ellis Hooks is a musician whose work spans genres: soul, rock, gospel, the blues. Hooks discusses his young career and his latest album, Uncomplicated, with NPR's Tony Cox.

Had Ellis Hooks released "Godson of Soul" during the 1980s, the album's funky, down-home music and profusion of sweaty pleading and testifying likely would have been described as "neo-soul." Today, ...

Forget neo-soul, that decidedly modern take on music that dates from the sock-it-to-me heyday of artists like Aretha Franklin and labels like Stax. There’s a growing movement in -retro-soul – music ...

For a guy who plays the blues, guitarist and vocalist Chris Bergson sure can radiate joy. Watch him bleed his guitar dry during a live performance. Listen to him channel the Mississippi Delta and ...

Energetic Ellis Hooks, a sensational soul star, thrilled the crowd with his raspy vocals and high-spirited performance at the Jumpin' Hot Club. Raising the temperature to a fever of excitement, Hooks ...

It will be Ellis Hooks instead of Ricky Fante at Nightfall on Friday evening at Miller Plaza. There was a last-minute scheduling conflict that caused Fante to cancel, officials said. They said the ...