Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2002. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in […]
Known as “the first lady of children’s music,” Ella Jenkins performed on all seven continents. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Known as “the first lady of children’s music,” […]
Sabrina Carpenter, seen here at Coachella earlier this year, is nominated in each of the big four categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards: album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist. Frazer […]
Beyoncé, seen here accepting the best dance/electronic music album award for Renaissance during the 65th Grammy Awards in 2023, is nominated for 11 awards at the 2025 Grammys. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption […]
Tyler, The Creator, performing during the Coachella Festival in Indio, California, on April 13, 2024, announced his eighth album, Chromakopia, just a little more than a week before releasing it on Monday, October 28. Valerie […]
Quincy Jones pictured in Beverly Hills in 2017. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Quincy Jones pictured in Beverly Hills in 2017. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images […]
American composer Terry Riley performs in London in 2018. His groundbreaking work In C helped launch the musical movement called minimalism 60 years ago. Robin Little/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robin Little/Getty Images Inspiration […]
Chelsea Wolfe is the latest artist to perform a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, offering a stripped-down, four-song set showcasing tunes mostly from her latest album, She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She. […]
Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead, seen here in 2005, died Friday at the age of 84. Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America Phil Lesh, bassist and […]
Jack Jones, left, appears with former cast members of The Love Boat in 2015. Casey Rodgers/Invision for Princess Cruises/AP hide caption toggle caption Casey Rodgers/Invision for Princess Cruises/AP RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jack Jones, a […]
Coldplay performs during the Glastonbury Festival 2024 on June 29, 2024. This week, the band’s 10th album, Moon Music, became its fifth to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Joe Maher/Getty Images […]
Classical music producer Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His clients — including Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, Joshua Bell and Lara Downes — organized a concert at his home studio to […]
Sabrina Carpenter, shown here performs during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, N.Y., has three hits in the top 10 of the single chart this week. Her album Short […]
Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California. Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET hide caption toggle caption Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the […]
Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at […]
A statue of country music singer and Arkansas native Johnny Cash was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images/AFP/Getty hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images/AFP/Getty When tourists […]
Travis Scott’s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo leaps from No. 106 all the way to No. 1, thanks to a massive flood of vinyl sales. Barry Brecheisen/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption […]
Inductee JD Souther and Alison Krauss attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th annual induction and awards gala on June 13, 2013, in New York. Souther, who collaborated on some of the Eagles’ biggest hits, […]
Edgar Barrera, the songwriter and producer who leads all nominees at the 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards, shown here attending an event celebrating producers, engineers, songwriters and composers at the Grammy museum on January 31, […]
Tito Jackson, pictured here attending the diamond birthday celebration for his late brother Michael Jackson on August 29, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Becker/Getty Images Tito Jackson, […]