Though full of songs about lost love and bad luck, the album buoys its bluesy mood with slick, seductive arrangements that reflect the era’s disco craze.

Born William Royce Scaggs, the musician was given the nickname Bosley, which was eventually shortened to Boz, while attending a private school in Dallas during the 1950s. At the same school, Scaggs ...

Boz Scaggs will release a new album, his first in seven years, on Oct. 17. Detour follows the Grammy-nominated Out of the Blues, and, like that album and its immediate predecessors, will feature songs ...