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Released nearly eight years after mental illness derailed her career, "Light for the Midnight" is a stripped-back soul record that sublimates pain into breathtaking beauty.

Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired ...

Burt Bacharach wrote one the most beloved songbooks in all of popular music — timeless classics like “Walk On By,” “Alfie,” “I Say A Little Prayer” and “What’s New Pussycat,” which have been recorded ...

Today we make a visit with the model poultry farm of Edward Skelly near New Franklin. Enjoy ... his native township and Business College. In early life he assisted his father on the farm, and ...

Some of the R&B icons who covered Fab Four tracks include Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Prince. Beyoncé added her name to that canon with her cover of “Blackbird,” a folk ditty ...

By Gil Kaufman Kesha finally revealed the title of her upcoming sixth album on Thursday (March 27). It’s ., as in the punctuation mark period. The 11-song collection due out on July 4 that will ...

When Taylor Swift released 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in October 2023, fans immediately started investigating when her last two re-recordings for her 2017 album Reputation and 2006 self-titled ...

“I’m just actively getting ideas together for my [first] solo album,” he told the publication. “I guess the best way to describe it is it’s gonna be a fusion of all sorts of styles ...

Maren Morris is gearing up to release her most Maren Morris album yet. “Dreamsicle,” out May 9, is the country crossover singer’s fourth full-length release and her first since 2022’s ...

There isn’t a single song Aretha Franklin ... t disappoint with her cover of John’s “Border Song.” Featured on her gospel-tinged album, Young, Gifted and Black, Franklin meditates on ...