For its first full-length release since Hurricane Katrina, Basin Street Records paired leaders from two generations of New Orleans jazz. Irvin Mayfield is a cornerstone of the Basin Street roster as a ...

Anne Murray's popualrity was on a decline until revisiting a song that would land her back in the charts and earn her a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "I don't play the saxophone, I sing the saxophone," Cole says. "It's all about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Prince Rogers Nelson’s music was always about more than rhythm and hooks—it was about emotion. He could transform love into an anthem, heartbreak into poetry, and desire into a ...

Alto saxophonist Richie Cole has made quite the career with his brand of hard bop, generally coming at melody almost as an unintended consequence of his heavy focus on improvisational interpretation.

“Power ballad.” The phrase sounds like an oxymoron. Rather, it’s shorthand for the type of song that has, over time, deftly avoided definition. To wit, an anthology titled “The Very Best of Power ...

The tune the King of Rock and Roll didn’t take to the top ...

She has never let go of her Irish past — the fondness for a good yarn, singing traditional ballads and love songs — but folk singer Karan Casey has in recent years carried her love of Ireland’s music ...

Fans of 'The Office' will agree that these three songs perfectly sum up the slow-burn love story between fan-favorite ...

Who doesn’t love a good rock ballad? Even the most vapid of operatic rock love songs are still quite good songs in their own right. However, there’s something so emotional and raw about a song that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us timeless ...