Emmylou Harris has always been a musical enigma, from the moment she first picked up the $30 pawn shop guitar her grandfather bought for her when she was a teen. She would later say the nightly folk ...

When Joe Ritchie thinks of his childhood in public housing in Cohoes, New York, he thinks of black dust. As a kid, Ritchie remembers playing on his neighborhood playground and watching dark dust ...

Last week, Matthew Allen, a Minneapolis rapper and activist who performs as Nur-D, put his body on the line to fight ICE.

Hundreds of community members Thursday night gathered for a musical vigil for hope and peace organized by Northern Michigan University professor of Music, Dr. Erin Colwitz, at the Marquette Hope ...

After a year of wide-ranging efforts by Hegseth and others to denigrate Black military service, Skip’s life—in its triumph ...

Several people and businesses with local ties say they are answering the call put out by activists for a nationwide shutdown on Friday in protest of ICE actions in U.S.

John Mellencamp is about to do something he insisted he'd never do again — and the person who changed his mind was Sean Penn, backed by a diner full of spontaneous singers performing "Jack & Diane." ...

"A Complete Unknown" actor Timothée Chalamet, also known for "Marty Supreme," "Dune," "Wonka," and "Call Me By Your Name," ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 30: ...

July 4 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and Jefferson County Library’s four ...

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating ...

We trace the lineage of rapid-response songs, from Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen's quick turnaround on "Streets of Minneapolis" ...