Tonight it took home the GRAMMY for Best Blues Album. Typically brief, Dr. John said "I just want to thank all of y’all." It was his sixth GRAMMY, and his first since winning Best Contemporary ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New Orleans DJ Alison Fensterstock about Dr. John, the New Orleans musician. Malcolm John Rebennack died Thursday at 77. DR JOHN: (Singing) Down the road come a junko ...

But he is also a highly regarded blues, rock and jazz artist considered ... the same guy who I got shot in my finger over, to be Dr. John. Then my conga player said "Look, if Bob Dylan and Sonny ...

This blend of gospel, blues, soul and of course ... from legendary New Orleans performers Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and Wardell Quezergue. Add to this the talents of more than a dozen of New Orleans ...

Getting Dr. John, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee whose music history stretches to 1950s and ’60s New Orleans rhythm-and-blues and rock ’n’ roll, was a Blues Festival coup. During his ...

Originally, he had planned for another musician to play the “Dr. John” character, modeled after a voodoo priest, but when that player opted ... blended New Orleans, blues and psychedelia ...

Dr. John, who brewed up a gumbo of rock, blues, jazz, funk and New Orleans ... and quickly established himself as an in-demand session player. Alongside top-class musicians like Glen Campbell ...