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Rock'n'roll, soul, power pop, hip-hop and more all flourished in Memphis - the city whose greatest talent was bringing ...

Pop music has been the soundtrack to our tumultuous times, an inescapable medley of ever-shifting beats and melodies, snappy hooks and pithy lyrics encapsulating and illuminating life on Earth. It ...

From spirituals to house and hip-hop, gospel’s history is a story of Black resilience and faith that continues to shape music ...

Our list includes an essential gospel music history, jazz through the eyes and ears of a former Tribune critic and an insider ...

The 2026 Church Music Festival, “Love Without End,” will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. (MST) at the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

Ben Hall is a 2014 Kresge Artist Fellow and the co-director of a music streaming platform. He joins The Metro to detail his ...

Before it became a 1966 chart-topper for The Supremes, this Motown classic began life as a 1950s gospel song about God, not ...

Music isn’t the only place we need to consider in this regard, but it is often the most obvious starting point. Music Is a ...

Reviewed: Charlie Parr's affecting "Rooming House," plus CDs from folkie Bruce Cockburn and Ethan Setiawan's bluegrass group.

Some of classic rock's biggest names found inspiration in the R&B records that came before them. These songs sounded very different the first time around.

For more than seven decades, gospel, soul and R&B singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples has used her unmistakable voice to tell it like it is. And at 87, she isn’t stopping now. The legendary ...