The Grammy-winning singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples will headline the final night of this summer’s Blues Fest, ...

The Who were the thorniest rose of the flower power era. They were heavy, literally packing their drum kit with explosives.

The Downtown Beaumont Cultural Arts District, Pour09 and the city of Beaumont will present the Crawfish, Art & Music Fest from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 27 at the Downtown Event Center, 700 Crockett ...

Ashby and Bill Strickland, former president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, in 2008 created the Pittsburgh Jazz Legends program, a sort of hall of fame to recognize jazz masters who stayed ...

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler has made his first truly original film in “Sinners,” which opens in theaters nationwide Friday.

In 2023, we told you about the debut of Nat Myers, an acclaimed blues musician from Kentucky. American Songwriter said his ...

The acclaimed guitarist returns to Long Island with a genre-spanning set and a storyteller’s charm—plus a passion for ...

The Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts has revealed three new shows, including blues and swing revival band Roomful of Blues. Learn more!

We look back on the stars who died this year, including Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Val Kilmer, Angie Stone, David ...

Although Imani Perry has long chronicled Black life with an expansive eye, her writings since 2018 have covered an especially broad array of subjects. That year, she published a b ...

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, we look back at how the group went from being just four friends to the best-selling R&B group of all time.