Ramsey Lewis, seen here performing at the Ontario Jazz Festival in 1981, died Monday at his home in Chicago. Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images […]
NPR’s Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson were straining to hear folk singer Laura Gibson. They invited her to perform at NPR’s headquarters at Boilen’s desk. The 1,000 Tiny Desk Concert is out Monday. Share This […]
Musician Taylor Hawkins attends the Open Road’s premiere of “Studio 666” in February. Hawkins died in March at the age of 50. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty […]
Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at age 51. He had cancer. Gioriga Bertazzi/Askonas Holt hide caption toggle caption Gioriga Bertazzi/Askonas Holt Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at age 51. He had […]
Britney Spears collaborated with Elton John on her first new song since her conservatorship ended. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Britney Spears collaborated with Elton John on her first new song since her conservatorship […]
Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon hide caption toggle caption Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco performs at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis in 2021. Mark Sheldon Joey DeFrancesco, who […]
Selena became an international superstar in the 1980s and ’90s because of her warm stage presence and emotional singing style. She died in 1995, when she was only 23. But on a new album, Moonchild […]
This image provided by A2H Engineers, Architects, Planners on Aug. 18, 2022, shows digital rendering of the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in Marks, Miss. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This image […]
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday. /Richard Termine hide caption toggle caption /Richard Termine The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performs at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center in […]
Taylor Swift attends the “All Too Well” New York premiere on Nov. 12, 2021. Swift responded to a copyright lawsuit about her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” this week. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption toggle […]
Songwriter Lamont Dozier in 2013. He co-wrote songs that helped define the Motown sound. He died Monday at 81. Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI hide caption toggle caption Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI Songwriter Lamont […]
Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and Smokey Robinson speak in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Daniel Mears/AP hide caption toggle caption Daniel Mears/AP Original Temptation Otis Williams, left, and […]
Lauv’s “Stranger” from the album “All 4 Nothing” YouTube There’s been an interesting trend in pop music recently: an honesty about struggling with mental health. The rapper Logic had a hit with a song titled […]
Beyoncé performs during the Oscars on March 27 in Los Angeles. Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images Beyoncé performs during the Oscars on March 27 in Los […]
Performer Shakira answers questions at a news conference on Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami. Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of eight years for Colombian-born pop star Shakira in her expected trial for alleged […]
Beyoncé performs at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 18, 2016 as part of The Formation World Tour. Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Mar hide caption toggle caption Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori Portfolio/Archivio Mar Beyoncé performs at […]
(From left) Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney and Tania León are four of the performing artists honored for a lifetime of achievement by the Kennedy Center this year. The Kennedy Center hide caption toggle […]
Soprano Angel Blue won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of another work this summer. Jason DeCrow/AP hide caption toggle caption Jason DeCrow/AP Soprano Angel Blue […]
UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty hide caption […]
Regina Carter. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Regina Carter. Courtesy of the artist Three exemplary musicians born and raised in Detroit — drummer Louis Hayes, saxophonist Kenny Garrett […]