For generations, Black musicians have shaped American culture while battling an industry that often denied them fair ...

Beyonce won the 2025 Best Country Album Grammy. Going forward, the country album category will be split into traditional and ...

There are a number of factors that contribute towards Black Sabbath's overall success, but a lot of it boils down to what happened on this lunch break.

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NPR's Juana Summers talks with CeCe Winans, the best-selling female gospel artist in history, about her Tiny Desk performance and Black Music Month.

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Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically towards the end of their ...

"You hear that synth swell, those angular guitars, that melody you haven’t heard in 40 years- and suddenly, you're 17 again." ...

Colorado-based Alt-Country and Rock band The Gasoline Lollipops released their new album, Kill The Architect, on June 13th.

As anybody who has ever seen their videos, witnessed their gigs or read their interviews will tell you, post-emo wunderkinds My Chemical Romance are all about making grand gestures. In mid-August, My ...

Blending the style of The Rolling Stones with African beats and instruments, Zambian group Witch were revolutionary – then ...

There’s a Portuguese word, saudade, that doesn’t translate exactly to English. Maybe it works out to something like “a mournful longing?” But composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge describes ...