"As a kid born in the 1960s, I realized there was a department at the BBC that was purely for making bonkers noises," says ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it ...

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrated the legacy of incarcerated Nashville soul pioneers Johnny Bragg and The ...

Kingston’s journey in the entertainment industry started nearly two decades ago in Addis Ababa’s nightclub scene. He made a name for himself spinning records at venues like German House, Yougovia Club ...

AS part of the Salisbury Journal series following the progress of the City Hall reopening, one councillor shared his "vivid" ...

A lot of classic rock has been forgotten for all the wrong reasons. For example, Chubby Checker said that his songs aren’t played on radio stations anymore because of racism. The Rock and Roll Hall of ...

When this one Rolling Stones song was released at a time when political tensions were high, US radio DJs deemed it too risky and too radical to play.

Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

Tickets are on sale now for Bonnie Raitt's stop at Mohegan Sun. The show also features a performance by blues legend Jimmie ...

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the ...