Earlier this month at the airport, Erasure’s irresistible earworm “A Little Respect” drifted through the departure lounge, ...

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Mei Semones, The FADER's newest GEN F star, talks her debut album Animaru, singing in Japanese, and her bossa nova and jazz ...

Paired with every song is a distinct memory of a “who” and “where” at Georgetown, little landmarks for me to remember my ...

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 ...

Big Freedia's signature “YOU ALREADY KNOWWWW!” is a familiar rallying cry for New Orleanians and bounce fans worldwide. When ...

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 others. The project is ...

“ 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 ...