The first African American to play the lead role in “Carmen” at the Sydney Opera House is shifting away from her roots to ...

I can’t remember how old I was when I heard The Pack’s “Vans” for the first time, but I’m sure I’ve been rapping the hook back to myself ever since. “I got my Vans on but they look like sneakers.” To ...

Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis," celebrates the many Black artists who shaped Elvis Presley’s creative vision and musical style.

These are questions and themes tackled in Preston Lauterbach’s new book, “Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King.” Lauterbach joined “Marketplace Morning Report” host David ...

Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" became a defining anthem for social change and resistance during a turbulent era in America.

In 1933, Chicagoan Florence Price became the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.

Senator Mitch McConnell, 82, fell down the marble Senate staircase Wednesday after voting for Donald Trump's Housing and ...

Trump, Hosting Israel’s Leader, Says Palestinians Should Leave Gaza “They have no alternative right now” but to leave, President Trump said shortly before he welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...

Todd Rundgren’s “Couldn’t I Just Tell You”helped revive 1960s-style power-pop in the era when hard-rock and heavy-metal ruled ...