“Elvis has historically been such a lightning rod for appropriation when it comes to white people getting rich off of Black ...

For music historian Preston Lauterbach, Elvis Presley stands out as an artist who synthesized a remarkable range of styles — “Black and white, urban and rural, spiritual and unholy ...

These are questions and themes tackled in Preston Lauterbach’s new book, “Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who ...

“Elvis has historically been such a lightning rod for appropriation when it comes to white people getting rich off of Black music, but there’s a more complex story there too.” ELVIS AT ...