How to be young, gifted and black? Oh, how I long to know the truth There are times when I look back And I am haunted by my ...

Celebrated jazz vocalist Betty Shirley will bring shades of the divine Nina Simone, Etta James and Bessy Smith with her when Shirley takes the stage on March 14 in Old ...

Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the ...

This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...

FX's Love Story is set in the '90s and has music to match — we get the scoop on how they crafted that killer soundtrack for John and Carolyn's romance.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno will make her Broadway debut on Tuesday as Persephone, the goddess of spring, in ...

This isn’t what I usually do,” says Denise Gough, gesturing toward a heaving rack of lace-up corsets and prairie skirts.

Gorillaz, the animated band, burst on the scene 25 years ago. NPR's Juana Summers talks to musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, the band's creators, about how it has evolved.

The young pop-soul singer just launched a U.S. headlining tour behind her hit piano ballad 'Die on This Hill.' ...

Kyle Abraham's A.I.M. commands UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall in Cal Performances debut, pairing political urgency with deeply intimate choreography.

Part II tour, in fact, and the around-the-block line snaked behind businesses on Broadway. Khamari delivered a performance that justified the insanity. His caramel smooth vocals were gorgeous, ...

A concert put together by The Village will honor Black female songwriters, and Kingdom Voice & Music's Black History Month Celebration returns.