For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

Despite their seemingly different worlds, a surprising number of Hollywood and country stars have fallen in love.

On this day in 1982, Paul McCartney scored his 24th no. 1 hit with his Stevie Wonder collaborative single "Ebony And Ivory".

What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can’t keep it together forever.

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When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early '80s, leather-clad and bleached hair in tow, he not only ...

This week’s indie basement has an extra high sleaze quotient, with (great) new albums from Viagra Boys and Fat White Family ...

We’ve previously looked back on some of the biggest guilty pleasures from the ‘70s and ‘80s, so we’re doing one final lap ...

Neil Finn wrote "Something So Strong" before he had a band to play it. Then along came Crowded House to turn it into a huge hit.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

One of the early songs by Pere Ubu, Heart of Darkness, has a driving bassline. The song has a strong sense of foreboding, and its lyrics are like Mantras. As one of the earliest songs of the band, the ...

Mayday Parade kicked off its Three Cheers for Twenty Years tour on April 22 and has an upcoming stop at the House of Blues ...