The summer season features LA Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel on eight nights, Cynthia Erivo in the title role of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ a pair of farewell shows from Cyndi Lauper, ...

Daymé Arocena (Havana, 1992) says that some people are afraid to call her black. "It’s as if it were a hurtful word." ...

The eminent hard-bop pianist’s 1968 Blue Note album found him embracing the counterculture zeitgeist.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the legacy of incarcerated Nashville soul pioneers Johnny Bragg and The ...

Nashville is known for country music, but there are standout artists here in other genres, too. This month we're highlighting Black artists in Music City.

Stax Music Academy will mark its anniversary with concerts and educational efforts, including “Soul of America,” a virtual performance production.

The initial artist and venue lineup has been announced for the JAS June Experience, slated for June 26-29 in downtown Aspen.

There are countless examples of the ways that Black creativity in America has literally changed the world — from jazz, rock, ...

When asked, “What does it mean when a rapper is called a sellout,” Soulja Boy told Genius, “Basically selling your soul, doing something that you wouldn’t normally do.” ...

The alternative music scene received an extraordinary gift this Valentine's season as two of its most distinctive voices, Daniel Caesar and Rex Orange County, ...

Tommy Hunt, a Pittsburgh native, legendary soul singer and member of the iconic group The Flamingos, has died. He was 91. The ...

Wood, whose real name is Alfred Jesse Smith, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1941. Rock music world rocked by deaths of ...