Apple Music is celebrating its 10th anniversary, my streaming app tells me. For the occasion, they’ve made a playlist of the 100 songs I’ve listened to the most in my decade-plus as a subscriber. Near ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2021, the musician H.E.R. won the Academy Award for best original song for the track “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black ...

Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks to H.E.R. about her directorial debut, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield, at SXSW 2025. H.E.R. emphasizes the cultural legacy left by Mayfield on herself and on the music ...

It's an exuberant documentary full of all-star conversations, framed around archival footage of an artist who remains an underappreciated giant. Early on in “The Makings of Curtis Mayfield,” H.E.R., ...

This weekend, head to the park for and evening of music, poetry and community impact. Chicago’s Soul weaves together the words and music of two of Chicago’s greatest treasures Gwendolyn Brooks and ...

SXSW: H.E.R.'s good faith attempt to shine a spotlight on her under-appreciated hero is more effective as a portrait of the current musicians carrying on his legacy. When H.E.R. won an Oscar for Best ...

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Last year, friends Lucy Smith of the Lucy Smith Quintet and journalist Cheryl Corley came together to create a summertime experience titled “Chicago Bound” that melded Great Migration stories with the ...

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'The Makings of Curtis Mayfield’, which is premiering at SXSW, features interviews with Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige and John Legend. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter In 2021, the musician H.E.R ...