The 26-year-old was poised to be the next big pop star. Then the industry tried to break her. Now, as she works on a new album due out later this year, the singer-songwriter is ready for ...

Welsh rock band Stereophonics and singer Kelly Jones are promising a lot with their new album - can "Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait" live up to its title?We will know on April 25, when it ...

Death Row Records is in the gospel business. Today, the legendary label released Altar Call, a 21-track project featuring celebrated singers such as Jamie Foxx, John P. Kee, and o ...

“ RuPaul’s Drag Race ” star and judge of “Drag Race: Philippines,” Jiggly Caliente has died. She was 44. Caliente had been ...

The up-and-coming R&B star spoke to ESSENCE about his debut release, pop-up flower shops, and what it takes to make the best ...

There’s a purgatory of the South in Wednesday’s music, evoking the Southern gothic in musical form. You hang onto an ...

Brothers Johnny and Donnie Van Zant — members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special, respectively — teamed up to create a ...

After five long years of silence, Playboi Carti finally dropped his latest album, MUSIC, on March 14—and, as expected, the ...

With 15 tracks, Black Ice has the longest running time of any AC/DC studio album, just short of an hour, and perhaps a little overlong, with a few songs, such as Money Made and Smash ‘N’ Grab, just ...

What music would you create if there weren’t any outside influences or self-imposed creative restraints? That’s what ...

Andres Torres was only seven years old and living in New York when his father died. His family moved to Miami and he’s been here ever since. A lifelong lover of words, he turned to writing to release ...

Jay-Z and Kanye West were once one of the most dynamic duos in hip-hop, collaborating behind the scenes and trading raps on ...