Martha Chavez knew that when she heard 1 1/2-year-old niece Victoria Blackie singing the C scale, she would one day be a star ... Martha Chavez knew that when she heard 1 1/2-year-old niece Victoria ...

Canadian roots-music heroes Blackie and the Rodeo Kings enlisted an all-star lineup of female vocalists – Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash and Emmylou Harris, among them – for their 2011 album Kings and ...

Onassis (real name: Johnny Rowan) drummed on the band's biggest hit: a cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" for the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. By Katie Atkinson Executive Digital ...

Five bucks doesn’t seem to get you a whole hell of a lot these days, but there is one place where spending that kind of cash will yield a mighty fine return on your investment. Recession Thursday, the ...

Not many people — maybe no one — wait until they are 68 to record a debut album, but Kevin “Blackie” Farrell isn’t just anyone. No, not by a long shot. While he is widely unknown, for the cognoscenti ...

The music world is in mourning once again, with the sudden passing of Urge Overkill drummer Blackie Onassis on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the band confirmed the death of the drummer (born John Rowan) ...

John Rowan, who performed as Blackie Onassis as the drummer for ‘90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill, died Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times. He was 57. A cause of death was not given. While ...

John “Blackie Onassis” Rowan, the former drummer of the ’90s rock band Urge Overkill, has died. No details on his cause of death (or his age) were confirmed when the news was revealed on Wednesday.