Dear Readers, I’m all for a slice of life play showing the inequities in class, race, gender, etc. in the past and ...

I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...

The story goes that the lyrics to “ Black and Blue ,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at ...

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Blues guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa and former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar have joined forces for a new single, Fortune Teller Blues. The track was produced by Kevin ‘The Caveman’ Shirley and ...

It’s not every day that a soundtrack for a film beats out some of the most beloved pop albums of the day. That, however, did happen in 2002 when the accompanying album for O Brother, Where Art ...

Few tenets of the American mythos are more enduring than the American dream. But the aspiration to move upward toward a brighter tomorrow feels out of reach, a significant number of people in the ...

And at the age of 72, Chic legend Nile Rodgers is now branching out with an entirely new project — a Broadway adaptation of hit 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. I can reveal Nile is currently ...

As society's understanding of gender and sex has evolved beyond a traditional binary, Hollywood has begun to reflect that shift. The actors, musicians, and reality stars listed below have opened ...

Many artists dream of the type of longevity and influence that Mariah Carey continues to have throughout her career. She started her career as a background vocalist before signing a record deal.