From Pace to Avant to Dupri, Micheaux to Spike and Coogler, Black genius has always shaped pop culture. The best ...

Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about why Charli XCX's music for the Wuthering Heights film represents a bigger, musical trend in romance reading.

As Black History Month meets Valentine’s Day each February, it’s the perfect time to celebrate Black artists whose music continues to define love playlists around the world. Beginning in the 1950s, ...

The backstory: A percussion instrument deeply-rooted in African music, the marimba shows up in everything from atonal ...

The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for the vision of Willie Colón. While Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta had been plying the two-trombone sound for years, Colón ...

The Beatles' A Day in the Life sparked outrage after lyrics about a man who blew his mind out in a car echoed the tragic death of a 21-year-old heir. Was the song cursed?

As the only son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Sean Ono Lennon bears great responsibility. He curates his late father’s work as a solo artist and as Sean Ono Lennon has produced a remarkable box set of ...

The record label wanted another ‘California Girls’. The Beach Boys gave them a song that changed the world - INTERVIEW: Amid ...

The romantic song 'Enakena' from 'Love Insurance Kompany' has been released. Anirudh Ravichander composed the music. Vignesh Shivan directed the film starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty.

It's about that time of the year. With Valentine's Day in just two days (and on a Saturday nonetheless), I'd hope you have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Feb. 13-14 performance at Jan Serr Studio is an interactive theater experience — making for a bold twist on Valentine's Day ...

At the start of their career, The Beatles were little more than teen pop sensations. Their music was catchy and distinctive enough to earn them unprecedented fame, but they lacked anything that ...