In the early part of 1959, Buddy Holly and his band were playing the ‘Winter Dance Party’ tour across the American Midwest, ...

Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems ...

This is hardly the first time that Green Day have updated the lyrics to songs from American Idiot. When they played New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on Dec. 31, 2023, they sang “I’m not part of a ...

The list of country songs with heartbreaking lyrics could go on for days ... But it can’t chill my heart / God knows it died the day you left / My dream world fell apart. Martina McBride ...

One of the supreme voices of the 1970s and a master of revelatory reinterpretation has died ... bending the lyrics enough to make any fan perk up. Ben Sisario, a reporter covering music and ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the Damned and writer of the first punk single, "New Rose," has died at the age of 70.

Carl Dean, Parton's husband of nearly 59 years, died at 82. His interaction with a bank teller who had a "terrible crush" inspired one of Parton's most enduring hits.

RZA, a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, discussed the group's farewell tour on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." ...

“My music is my expression of what I feel and believe in a moment.” With “First Time,” she found a musical sweet spot that touched on elements of jazz, pop, classical and folk. The lyrics ...

According to Suzanne Koga, Flack’s manager and friend, the artist died of cardiac arrest on her ... racialized conventions around popular music. Her eclectic, wide-ranging repertoire earned ...

Influential Chicago producer and musician DJ Funk has died ... really sad day. It’s a touchy moment for me… All of us came up in the ghetto house world. Still to this day, the music we ...