Decades before Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” dominated the charts, another Black woman from Texas transcended genres with her hit country songs. Her name was Esther Phillips, and she was best known for ...

In 2005, against nearly everyone's advice, the indie icons released two very different records on the same day: ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ and the darker, more electronic ‘Digital Ash in a Digital ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

All our favorite cultural discoveries that we couldn’t get enough of this year—even if they weren't necessarily from this ...

Brit Award-winning singer Jorja Smith's record label has said it wants a share of the royalties for a song it claims was created using an artificial intelligence "clone" of the singer's voice. I Run ...

Did you know Kate Hudson can sing? Like, REALLY sing? She soft rocks with Hugh Jackman in "Song Sung Blue," a Neil ...

A Star is Born’s Oscar-nominated director, Bradley Cooper, is bringing another comedy-drama, ‘Is This Thing On?’, released in ...

But in assembling the list of my favorite albums from 2025, what initially surfaced was a roundup of nine recordings by women artists. Robert Plant’s psychedelic folk gem “Saving Grace” was the only ...

Which artist defined 2025? Spotify is ready to submit its answer. Spotify Wrapped, the much-loved annual personalized music report, revealed the artists – both stateside and globally – who dominated ...

Fans who attended Patti Smith’s sold-out concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Saturday, November 22, were treated to a special onstage collaboration during the show’s encore. As the show ...

Up until that point, Rush were best-known for their lengthy, sprawling epics, often with sci-fi lyrics. Rush guitarist Alex ...

Flea has delivered the first preview of his upcoming solo album set to release in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. The Red Hot Chili Peppers founding bassist worked with a “dream band of modern jazz ...