Music stopped being just background noise and became a character ... whether people were ready for it or not. Curtis Mayfield ...

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

Short-lived and underappreciated Chicago eight-piece Aura created an ambitious fusion of soul, funk, acid rock, and jazz on ...

After tackling big topics on 2018’s “American Utopia” and its brilliant concert-turned-Broadway musical, the ever-versatile, always challenging polymath got lighthearted this year on the exuberant and ...

With hopes of a blockbuster fight between Aspinall and Jones seemingly over, the former light-heavyweight champion reversed ...

Sonny Curtis, who has died aged 88, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter best known as a member of the Crickets, and as the ...

Terry Callier’s The New Folk Sound returns with a warm, detailed vinyl reissue from Craft and Bluesville, showcasing his soulful voice, raw guitar work, and timeless energy that digital streaming ...

The first mayoral general election debate was two hours filled with attacks, jibes and wild stories as Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo went all out to make their mark. The three ...

Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield were both first overall picks in the NFL draft. And as expected, both have developed into elite players. Just not for the teams that drafted them. Goff and Mayfield are ...

[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for Murder in a Small Town Season 2 Episode 4, “One Last Song.”] We knew that Phyllis (Fiona Vroom) would go through some things in Murder in a ...

Darkside, the psych/electronic band founded by Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington, expanded to a trio for this year’s Nothing with the addition of drummer Tlacael Esparza. We named it our Album Of The ...