A veteran record producer and musician has blasted the state of modern music ahead of the upcoming Grammy Awards next month.

Welcome to one of the worst years in Hot 100 history. Sure, most #1 hits these days are especially crummy, but there’s something impossible about 2005’s lukewarm output. Considering how rich 2004 was, ...

Chris Rea, the British singer-songwriter best known for the hit "Driving Home for Christmas," has died at the age of 74, his family announced on Monday. "It is with immense sadness that we announce ...

Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 months, and then we all argue over placements and omissions. “Where’s __?” is an ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two lovers who are officially Going Through It decamp to a Cabin in the Woods to work things out. 2025 featured a series of sweaty, intimate thrillers about ...

As far as rock 'n' roll standards go, "Blue Suede Shoes" is a shoo-in. So much so that Paul McCartney's music publishing company, MPL Communications, has owned the rights to it, along with a number of ...

The dancer’s reputation preceded her. Dancer Toni Pierce performs in Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's ballet "Shelter" in 1992. Photograph by Jack Mitchell; image copyright Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.

One of Minnesota’s most elegant standard-bearers of dance has fallen. Toni Pierce-Sands, a featured soloist in some of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s most iconic suites and a co-founder of ...

Darilyn Burtley is joined on tour by Monty Kane (Ike Turner/Ronnie Turner), K. Bernice (Zelma Bullock), India Shelbi Boone (Tina Turner at certain performances), Eva Ruwé (Gran Georgeanna) and Eleni ...

Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni, Taylor Momsen and Brandi Carlile stamped Soundgarden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a heavy fist, brining grungy takes on “Fell on Black Days,” “Rusty Cage” and ...

The singer-dancer also concludes her third studio album's world tour on Saturday, in Inglewood, Calif. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor On Friday morning, McRae received one Grammy nom: best dance pop ...

“Arrest me, I’m a hot freak!” Asha Lorenz sings, her words spilling out frantically. “I’m bombastique! I’m making modern music in Spain, I’m on the jet plane…” Behind her, the beat skitters and grinds ...