The title of Taj Mahal’s just-announced album, due out May 1, is “Time,” a simple concept that the blues-folk-soul-reggae artist is better equipped to address than most musicians, in part because of ...

Controversial songs from the last 50 years. Not a year goes by without some music controversy, and 2025 was no exception.

By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate Growing up in western Massachusetts, local musician and “artivist” Indë Francis, who performs mononymously as Indë, lacked role models who could help them ...

The seventh play of the Ufot Family Cycle by Mfoniso Udofia centers daughter Toyoima Ufot, whose academic career is at stake ...

As far as eclectic, we have a Venice music festival featuring blues, rock and reggae artists, as well as concerts by "Siberian surf rock" and "uncut ukulele funk" bands and a singer-songwriter whose ...

Kahan and director Nick Sweeney discuss the making of their documentary 'Out of Body' and Kahan's new album and tour.

From Feid, TINI, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Maluma, and more, check out this weeks biggest releases.

Introspective, politically conscious, authentic? The singer-songwriters of the 1970s were some or all of these things ...

Book Binder, who died March 3, was known for Southern blues and hillbilly music, and great story telling. He recorded with Fresh Air in 1987, playing music and reflecting on his career on the road.

The Middletown Arts Center is set to host an engaging afternoon of music at the MAC Music Café on March 29 at 4 p.m. This ...

Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander Harris in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has died at 54. His family says the actor "passed in his sleep." ...