Frankie Lymon's soaring soprano epitomized 1950s pop, but behind the sunny melodies lay a life plagued by racism, trauma, and ...

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, streaming services are still king, but vinyl albums have ...

The Story of King Records,” enjoy an hour of music from Avenue artists who recorded for King, including The Hampton Family, ...

The first Interstate Fair in 1935 started a day late. But since then, it has dazzled generations of residents.

IT’S HOMECOMING WEEK AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, AN ANNUAL TRADITION IS THE CORONATION OF MISTER AND MISS. AREN’T OUR ...

Jane Eisner’s admiring, observant biography covers the singer’s early life in Brooklyn, her hit songs and albums, and her ...

These forgotten and somewhat lost songs from 1970 might not be in heavy radio rotation anymore, but they are still amazing ...

Its show, “Have You Ever Heard of Etta James?” will take place on the grounds of Huntington Library, Art Museum, and ...

His Royal Badness asked to play guitar on “Soldier in the Army of the Lord.” None of those riffs from “Purple Rain,” just ...

Today in Music History for Oct. 10: In 1813, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole. Among Verdi's major successes were "Rigoletto," produced in 1851, and "Il Trovatore" and "La ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there's a Monster Mash and you can meet the “Ghosts of ...