Talking to musicians and co-curators about the new exhibit, whose two-plus-year run at the Country Music Hall of Fame and ...

ESSENCE.com’s “New and Next” column spotlights the brightest new talents we think you should know. This week we meet R&B singer Shaliek, who’s debut single “The Past” is already heating up the charts.

Late British blues rock icon Joe Cocker thrilled fans for decades, delivering more than a thousand passionate live performances and recording 22 studio albums. From the 1960s until his death at age 70 ...

NEW YORK — Bad Company singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers treasures one of his last phone calls with guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was to deliver the news that, at long last, they'd been inducted into the ...

Before there was Lil’ Kim, Nicki Minaj or Cardi B, there was Betty Wright, an R&B singer whose soulful voice was beyond her years. Before her 18th birthday, she was singing about things her listeners ...