Dolly Parton performs during an event in August 2023 celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in […]
Angie Stone, pictured at the 2009 Soul Train Awards in Atlanta, died in a car accident on Saturday. Gregory Smith/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Smith/AP The music world and saddened fans are mourning the […]
David Johansen as Buster Poindexter performs onstage at The Daily Front Row’s celebration of the 10th Anniversary of CBS Watch! Magazine in New York City on Feb. 9, 2016. Johansen died Friday at age 75. […]
Katy Perry performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Now she’ll be in space but for real this time. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption […]
This week, a familiar face knocks Kendrick Lamar out of the top spot with an album debuting at No. 1 — Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. Prince Williams/WireImage hide caption toggle caption Prince Williams/WireImage […]
Leon Thomas’ travels in support of new album MUTT recently took him to Washington, DC for a rite of passage among musical artists: performing a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR office. On a snowy […]
Roberta Flack performs at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain in 2005. Rafa Rivas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rafa Rivas/AFP via Getty Images Roberta Flack performs at the San Sebastian Jazz […]
Jill Wolfe (left) and David Jefferson. David Jefferson hide caption toggle caption David Jefferson This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose […]
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption […]
The Weeknd performs onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards. Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Amy Sussman/Getty Images/Getty Images North America As expected, The Weeknd‘s new album Hurry Up Tomorrow debuts […]
A London city worker clears up a fatberg in 2014. A fatberg in Australia caused the cancellation of a concert over the potential for wastewater overflow. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption […]
The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin is on display during a preview of the violin’s auction at Sotheby’s in New York City on Feb. 3. It sold for $11.3 million. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption […]
Buffy Saint-Marie performs at the Americana Music Honors and Awards show in 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Zaleski/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Zaleski/AP The Canadian government has stripped Buffy Sainte-Marie of one of the […]
Singer Ozzy Osbourne performs during halftime of an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills in Inglewood, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2022. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP […]
Jon Batiste (left) will perform the National Anthem on Sunday night ahead of the Super Bowl. Kendrick Lamar (center) will headline the halftime show, joined by special guest SZA (right). Presley Ann/Getty Images for Spotify; […]
Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with “4X4.” Of those five hits, four topped Billboard‘s Hot 100 in their first week after […]
Billie Eilish performs onstage with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day during the FireAid Benefit Concert on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID hide caption toggle caption Scott Dudelson/Getty Images […]
The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin is on display at Sotheby’s in New York City on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio […]
With Cowboy Carter, which also won best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she’d most coveted. Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images […]
At the 67th Grammy awards, Beyoncé won her first album of the year award for COWBOY CARTER, representing a new career-defining milestone. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording A/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle […]