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Paul Thorn's excellent gospel album, "Don't Let the Devil Ride," is invigorated by his youthful years making the rounds in Mississippi churches with his Pentecostal preacher father. The lyrics are ...

Of the nearly 8 billion people on the planet, there’s only one who has sung onstage with the Blind Boys of Alabama, opened for Sting and lasted six rounds with boxing champion Roberto Duran. His name ...

Preachers, Dean Martin, gospel music, and Elvis Presley's hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi all have a place in Paul Thorn's songs, and after twenty-something years of taking the long road to success he ...

Paul Thorn was originally scheduled to perform at Ignition Music Garage on May 12, 2020, but with the lockdown of live music venues around the world, the show was optimistically set for Oct. 27. When ...

Here's something you don't read in the bio of every blues rocker who comes down the pike - Paul Thorn was once a nationally ranked middleweight boxer who fought world champion Roberto Duran, (Spanish ...

The Southern rocker talks about channeling his humble beginnings in church for his latest album, Don't Let The Devil Ride. Paul Thorn Revisits His Gospel Roots Paul Thorn is a natural-born Southern ...