When LA LOM, The Los Angeles League of Musicians, began playing as a trio in the lobby of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel eight years ago, they could not ...

King and Kennedy were dead, and Marvin Gaye looked at all of this with one important question: "What's Going On?" "What's ...

"Michelle," the end of Rubber Soul 's side one, is one of the Beatles ' most-covered songs. But who is Michelle, if she is a ...

Formed in St. Petersburg, Florida, Soft Cuff emerged in late 2023 from the creative reunion of longtime friends Brian Schanck ...

A master of changüí, a style from Guantánamo that is rarely heard outside the region, he dazzled the audience with his facility as a reginero, freestyling verses full of wordplay over extended lines.

The Beatles have a brand new box set on the way, this one focusing on their 1965 album, Rubber Soul. It will be released Oct. 2. Not only will it include new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes of the album ...

I watched Questlove interview Los Angeles bass player Thundercat for Questlove’s podcast. Thundercat’s latest album Distracted spent 2026 at the top of North American College Community Radio Hip Hop ...

Billboard celebrates Black Music Month with list of the genre's legendary acts. What does it take to be considered one of the greatest R&B groups of all time? That’s the question at the heart of this ...

The rock instrumental has the unenviable task of grasping the listener's attention, and then keeping it, without relying on words and catchy choruses to do so. Done poorly, the tune feels repetitive ...

When Carla Thomas sang those words at the RiverBeat Music Festival during an all-star cover version of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River,” it’s possible that she and some of her collaborators onstage ...

It was Dusty Baker’s secret ritual after virtually every home game when he managed the Houston Astros, but one night, he was caught red-handed by Astros infielder Mauricio Dubon. Dubon, who was in his ...

Springtime in the Pacific Northwest tends to feel like the scene in the film Pleasantville when everything goes from black and white to color. The months-long gloom is replaced by blossoming and new ...