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 ...

Two funk songs topped the charts between Thanksgiving ... Charles Miller’s saxes provide color and Howard Scott’s raspy ...

Writing and recording Eliza and the Delusionals’ second album went well, according to singer-guitarist Eliza Klatt. But then ...

Welcome to Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, Dave McKenna, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen explore Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

If you’re an old millennial like me you ... videos set to classic Stevie Wonder songs from DTV. But our parents are in their late 70s, much like Grand Funk Railroad. Many of them are grandparents.

Whether your jam is old-school funk, the blues or songs that connect you to your spiritual beliefs, the live music scene in and around Rhode Island has something to tempt you into spending your ...

His prolific release schedule and the rapid rise of the internet sub-genre known as phonk have propelled the Brazilian rapper ...