Starts before Friday “Madama Butterfly”: 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9, and Sunday, April 12, at the Lyric Opera House, 20 N.

On the title cut, “ The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues ,” Birchwood successfully melds his blues, rock, soul, and ...

You probably know that Kansas hails from Kansas and Alabama is from Alabama, but what about the other 48 states?

Sly Stone was one of American music’s greatest titans. His capacity for innovation and influence in rock and funk went ...

In the years since the apex of Sly & The Family Stone, his records have been sampled over 800 times, with everyone from A Tribe Called Quest to Kendrick Lamar wielding fragments of his imagination.

They say don’t meet your heroes—and I guess there’s a reason for that. As it turns out, this saying can apply to some of our own heroes, even those who have dominated the world of rock and roll. When ...

We're choosin' our favorites on Langley's new album.

Donald Trump is known to muse about how the military men he interacts with as president are straight out of “central casting.” He doesn’t seem to want his movie to include any Black women, according ...

Music rights management company BMG has sued Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence firm of running “roughshod over the rights” of songwriters, from Grammy-winning stars to emerging artists. ...

As Brownstone grew older, that early-morning music became something else, something closer to structure, or even guidance.

Its legendary DIY video was hugely influential, but few realise that the fury of the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage was triggered by real studio pressure ...