One of the first “girl group” stars has died. The Chantels' lead singer Arlene Smith was 84. The Chantels were best known for the classic ballad “Maybe,” and were the rare group of Black women in the ...

Just because Lollapalooza is known as the premier summer music festival in Chicago doesn’t mean it can’t have surprises. One ...

June 7 2026 was a historic day for musical vampires. The stage adaptation of The Lost Boys won four Tony awards and the third season of the TV show Interview with the Vampire, now retitled The Vampire ...

She was memorable on the heartbreaking hit “Maybe,” which brought the R&B girl group from the Bronx instant fame in 1957.

The 60th Montreux Jazz Festival has completed its first few days. Right from the start, the festival has shown that this ...

Six different cover bands performed at the Grrrlbands showcase on Sunday, and the mood changed to match the style of each ...

The haunting country classic became a massive hit, but one unanswered detail has kept listeners guessing for decades.

I planned to chart the course of Goth's rise from the ashes of punk and the economic crisis that paved the way for Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government to take power on 4 May 1979. Then follow ...

From Cesária Évora to a new generation of performers, women are keeping Cape Verde's music alive and thriving on the world stage.

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Barry Walters, a writer for such publications as Rolling Stone and Spin, explores how LGBTQ songwriters, musicians, execs and fans reshaped pop culture in the late 20th century, as queer messages in ...

For anyone who has ever belted out "Turn around, bright eyes" into a hairbrush, the news lands with the weight of a lifetime of memories. Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose raspy, soul-stirring ...