The pop superstar reflects on her struggles with mental health, the pressures of the music industry and why she’s returned to the sound that made her famous.

D'Wayne Wiggins, one of the founding members of R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died. He was 64.

James was the lead songwriter for the trailblazing British punks’ first album Damned Damned Damned and went on to collaborate with artists such as Iggy Pop

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been sampled nearly 200 times.

Veteran Portland musician James Cook transforms camping trips into heartfelt songs on his album 'Waiting For The Moon' and embarks on a musical quest through the wilderness with his National Tenor...

Shobhakar's musical awakening began in the most unlikely circumstances — a metal kid in a Slayer t-shirt seated among India's musical elite. Now the Mumbai musician's double-neck guitar carries him...

One of the few journalists ever to meet Carl Dean, Alanna Nash, recalls what it was like encountering Dolly Parton's very reclusive husband at home.

With U.K. independent music venues closing at an alarming rate, a new steers £1 from each arena and stadium concert ticket to indies. Can it work?

Theodore Shapiro breaks down the main title theme from the TV show Severance.

The Black Pumas guitarist, producer, and songwriter examines the Latin and Tex-Mex elements in Willie’s music, how they got there—and why that makes Willie “the most American thing we have.”

Diego Tapia speaks to the Santa Ana rapper about his debut project The One Who Did, how he's carrying the torch for his region's scene, learning to rap by freestyling in juvenile hall and more.

Thomas Hobbs speaks to The Doors' legendary guitarist about trying to channel the romantic longing of early Bob Dylan, remembering the late Jim Morrison, writing The Doors' defining song and more.

On Popcast, a conversation about the smooth and bumpy ways that the Academy Awards incorporated music into its 97th annual ceremony on Sunday.

Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists.

MBW’s Trailblazers series meets Leander Kirschner, founder and CEO of Berlin-based independent music company Bamboo Artists.

More than just a place to buy records, specialist record stores across the country helped foster communities and provide a space for Black genres ignored by the mainstream — in this op-ed, arts...