Dorothy Ashby was the pioneer harpist who opened up the instrument to Black musicians like me | Music

Brandee Younger performing in 2019.

I began playing harp at 11 and the traditional path to follow with the instrument was the classical music one, where all the players I saw or studied were white. I found it quite an […]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star | Music

Ryuichi Sakamoto performing in 1988.

Ryuichi Sakamoto was not a man cut out to be a pop star. As a teenager, he liked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but his abiding passion was New York’s underground avant garde art […]

How a Brooklyn ‘hustler’ launched Kiss and Donna Summer

Jeremy Jordan stars as Neil Bogart in "Spinning Gold."

Music executive Neil Bogart’s career took off thanks to an extramarital affair. In the early 1970s, Bogart leaned in to kiss his mistress, Joyce Biawitz, and saw a demo labeled “Kiss.” “Kiss — that’s a […]

‘I tend to avoid moral statements’: the Mexican artist looking at oil, wealth and history | Art

Minerva Cuevas, installation view of in gods we trust, Kurimanzutto, New York, 2023.

Taking in Mexican artist Minerva Cuevas’s exhibition in gods we trust is like feeling your way through bits and pieces of enormous counter-narratives that retell hundreds of years of Mexican history. Like the proverbial tip […]

Steven Van Zandt on Springsteen’s E Street Band Tour: Podcast

Steven Van Zandt on Springsteen's E Street Band Tour: Podcast

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Steven Van Zandt joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the 20th-anniversary of Little Steven’s Underground Garage and his current tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (get […]

Original Parliament-Funkadelic Member Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins Passes Away

Clarence Haskins

Photo Credit: Atco Records A founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins has passed away. He was 81 years old. Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins, vocalist and stage presence playing alongside George Clinton […]

Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence ‘Fuzzy’ Haskins dies at 81 : NPR

Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins dies at 81 : NPR

Clarence Eugene “Fuzzy” Haskins, an original member of the influential musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died. He was 81. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hide caption toggle caption Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Clarence […]

Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind and Fire 2023 tour: Get tickets now

Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind and Fire 2023 tour: Get tickets now

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. This summer, your ultimate R&B fantasy becomes a […]

The Lathums and Red Rum Club to headline first This Feeling By The Sea festival – Music News

The Lathums and Red Rum Club to headline first This Feeling By The Sea festival - Music News

The Lathums and Red Rum Club are set to rock the inaugural This Feeling By The Sea festival at Bridlington Spa. The UK’s buzziest guitar bands will come together on August 18 and 19 for […]