The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his iconic career.

This week's publishing roundup features several new deals, including Reservoir partnering with Skatta and Peermusic snagging a double Grammy nominee.

The free concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway will be headlined by LL Cool J. Others on the bill include DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, and fireworks.

Bassist and producer and Blue Note President Don Was had a “transcendent moment” at the recent Rock Hall induction ceremony that took place earlier this year in Los Angeles. At the event, he performed ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 26: In 1791, a cantata by English composer John Bentley was performed in Quebec City at the constitutional meeting which marked the partition of the colony into Upper ...

From Bad Bunny to Rosalía, Metacritic's top 10 albums of 2025 celebrate bold risks and career-defining releases.

Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

To mark what would've been Sinéad O'Connor's 59th birthday, we're looking back at her last interview with Hot Press.

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