Our favorites from one of the all-time greats in advance of her 60th birthday this Saturday (May 16). Since breaking through as a pop star with her Control album 40 years ago, Janet Jackson has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being blind didn’t stop Clarence Carter from becoming one of Muscle Shoals music’s most iconic singers. His late ’60s and early ...

One of the voices behind "A Whole New World" was a two-time Grammy winner.

Of all the songs from the '60s, this iconic dance song was named Billboard's top hit. If you've heard the track, odds are you ...

As Saint Harison, Harrison Fisher's voice hearkens back to the golden era of soul music in the '60s and '70s. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the singer about his second EP, "ghosted." ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with R&B musician Leon Thomas, who describes his new EP Pholks as a collaboration of polymaths inspired by multi-talented artists like Prince and Quincy Jones.

Ahead of her new album, Bitch, we rate the best of a singer who expertly suffuses self-empowerment anthems with humour and party-starting energy Lizzo’s contribution to the Barbie soundtrack fitted ...

From smoky nights at the Ealing Jazz Club to the dawning of their first imperial phase, how Charlie Watts shaped The Rolling ...

Since breaking through as a pop star with her Control album 40 years ago, Janet Jackson has amassed one of the great song catalogs in pop or R&B history. Of course, she's racked up hits like few other ...

One of the last stars of the bebop generation, Rollins was a genius of melodic invention and improvisation, working with Davis, Monk, Coltrane and others ...

Bryson died on Tuesday, days after he suffered a stroke.