Diamond Cafe, whose real name is Tristan Thompson, has a connection to funk and other old-school musical genres that dates back to his childhood. It started out with him banging on pots and pans as a ...

In 2006, when Nas rapped “Hip Hop Is Dead,” R&B lovers were left wondering if there was a coffin for new R&B music too.

They sang their No. 1-charting cover of 1962 Carole King classic “The Loco-Motion” and it was awesome. You don’t hear “The ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

The resilience of the people of Ukraine is reflected in music recorded during periods of immense societal and political ...

Sometimes, to listen to music, you have to do something more than just listen.

Everybody knows the greatness of Tom Petty as a master of the rock-song form. But his albums still fly under the radar a bit.

Written by Dale Butler] Leopards Club was the venue on Saturday, October 12 for entrepreneur and live music impresario Mickey ...

Her songs might be anthemic and filled with more drama than a Jane Austen novel ... This is her grounding in songwriting—not ...

Violinist Graham Preskett played on not one but two Mott the Hoople albums, Mott in 1973 and The Hoople in 1974. He then went ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just gained lots of funk and soul, thanks to music artists from the Garden State.

In the early ‘80s, as a keyboard player in Minneapolis funk-rock band The Time, he was known to upstage Prince ... The new ...