New Dawn has arrived. The debut solo album from Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen is out today, setting multiple Guinness World Records in the process. At 100 years and 265 days old, Allen is now ...

Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper.

Fish Narc's new album 'Frog Song' is out now on K Records and he plays NYC with TAGABOW tonight, followed by an acoustic ...

A new documentary, The Odyssey, will comb through a century of traditional Nigerian music to arrive at the present, say ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Black-owned business in the Lackawanna neighborhood has been around for over 50 years. That business ...

UVa professor A.D. Carson's doctoral dissertation rap album "Owning My Masters" promises "the poems that people are scared to say out loud." ...

The Grammy Hall of Fame will induct eight albums and five singles this year, including works by Jay-Z, Luther Vandross, and Emmylou Harris.

Since the ‘90s, the bass guitar has played an ever-increasing role in hip-hop – from the rubbery grooves of Raphael Saadiq and Pino Palladino to the dirt-fisted funk of Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard and ...

Lovers of vinyl records and romance get the best of both worlds at Byrdland Records in Northeast D.C. with the site-specific performance, “Love & Vinyl.” ...

Welcome to Greatest Hits Music & Books in Tupelo, Mississippi – a bibliophile’s paradise that’s about to become your new ...

The Weeknd lands his fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the debut of Hurry Up Tomorrow atop the tally (dated ...