The Blaxploitation classic Black Caesar gave James Brown his first shot at a soundtrack and one of his best nicknames.

Willow celebrates her surprise-dropped album ‘petal rock black’ with two intimate Blue Note shows, showcasing her self-produced jazz-fusion evolution.

Bad Bunny finally landed a solo song at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with 'DtMF." He scored four songs in the top 10 in the wake of the Super Bowl.

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us this week as we celebrate great music out of Nashville! We hear an electric performance on violin, imitating sounds from Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, ...

"Wuthering Heights" may be a beloved classic novel, but Emerald Fennell's tapped on of the world's biggest pop stars for the music ...

So it’s not a surprise that during these politically turbulent times and the ongoing ICE presence in Minnesota, musicians have used the craft to speak up. Here are five songs written in response to ...

Red Foley, one of country music's earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." ...

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S.

Eleven-time Grammy-winning lesbian singer Brandi Carlile performed this blistering protest song on Saturday Night Live at the ...

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West ...

Tajikistan's long-time leader Emomali Rakhmon has not appeared in public for two weeks, raising questions about the health of ...

In the heart of the Sahara, where the routes to Sudan and Libya cross, the Chadian city of Amdjarass has been transformed this week into an open-air celebration of desert ...