Today in Music History for Nov. 20: In 1886, the Toronto Conservatory of Music was incorporated. It began with 200 students and 50 teachers, and operated in a space over a music store in the downtown ...

Hip hop historian Bill Adler said, “Joe Conzo is the greatest hip hop photographer of all because he came from within the ...

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Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA talks about his upcoming "A Ballet Through Mud" L.A. show, how kung fu inspired his composing ...

The 2024 San Diego Music Hall of Fame inductees include Peter Sprague, Cathryn Beeks, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Electric Waste ...

It stamped out the Beatles' first U.S. single, and survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services.

The dance originated with James Brown in the late '50s in his live shows, and the Godfather of Soul ... in 1970 and 1973. The ...

You don’t have to look hard to find Black female celebrities in today’s culture. Stars like Beyoncé and Rihanna are […] ...

Some songs have been revered throughout history, but if these tracks were removed from the equation, perhaps music evolution ...

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Warren Haynes is one of rock and roll's most deft and prolific practitioners. Combining blues, jazz, folk, and hard rock influences, he has earned a ...

As he approached his mid-90s, pioneering Black businessman George E. Johnson unexpectedly found himself determined — even called — to write his memoir. Johnson’s “Afro Sheen: ...