Bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding first met choreographer Alonzo King during San Francisco Symphony’s 2021-22 season when she performed Wayne Shorter’s “Gaia” and his troupe Alonzo King Lines Ballet danced Alberto Ginastera’s “Estancia Suite.”
Read MoreAmy Helm is the daughter of two fellow folk singer-songwriters: Levon Helm, who died in 2012, and Libby Titus, who died in 2024.
Read MoreMike Finnigan: if you know you know, and if you don’t, you probably know Electric Ladyland.
Read MoreMost musicians supporting major headliners remain barely noticed in the shadows.
Read MoreThe beautification and hypersexualization of women in the music industry is nothing new and all-encompassing, affecting all genres, from the more obvious ones, like pop and rock ‘n’ roll, to the ones that would seemingly exist outside of these patriarchal conventions, like folk music.
Read MoreThe year 1956 was a revolutionary one for Harry Belafonte, the multihyphenate artist known for his merging of popular culture and political activism.
Read MoreWilco frontman Jeff Tweedy interviewed the 79-year-old icon in a wide ranging conversation on the occasion of her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels.’
Read MoreArriving April 24, Hope!! also features contributions from Quavo, Ayra Starr, and The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson
Read MoreIn new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot
Read MoreMaybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but spending substantial time with adored Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes is rather like being in the company of a celebrated academic of modern music history.
Read MoreAnticipation has been mounting for months for the second annual Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh, which will honor the late Grateful Dead bassist by continuing his legacy of birthday residencies at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y.
Read MoreThe Afropop world is always curious to know what Angelique Kidjo will drop next.
Read MoreThe Warren Haynes Band pulled into Rochester, N.Y. last night, March 3, to continue the full band leg of the Winter of Warren tour.
Read MoreForever trying to defy perceptions, the late star was more complex than people realised, as an inventive new documentary about her proves
Read MoreThe show's theme music is a version of "Who Loves The Sun," the opener from the Velvet Underground's 1970 album Loaded, that Matt Berninger recorded with alt-country legend Rosanne Cash.
Read MoreThe Legends on the Lawn 2026 lineup is here.
Read MoreThe Blind Boys of Alabama will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Meyer Theater at Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, according to a community announcement.
Read More“Renee Good, born to die free / American mother of three / seventh day January / a bullet for each child, as you can see,” Bono sings on the hard rock song, after a forthright, pealing riff from the Edge.
Read MoreHaynes had witnessed the King play live years earlier – but when he first got the chance to jam with the blues icon, nerves got the better of him
Read MoreKris Kristofferson’s first acting role came in the 1971 film, The Last Movie.
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