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 ...

It's February, and while the chill of winter may be settling in, Toronto is heating up with a lineup of unforgettable events.

Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...

A fter choosing to spend the rest of your life with someone you love, you may have to make another big decision: What will be ...

He has been dead for 72 years, but Hank Williams is still the biggest influence in country music. “Anybody who writes a personal song, in some ways, ...

Mike Albert, known as “The World’s Finest Elvis Impressionist,” performs Saturday at the Basie. Scot Bruce plays young Elvis in the Red Bank show.

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Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but not all the great songs were made by men. The women could rock, too.

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A list of “alternate” power pop albums; in other words, albums that don’t show up on the usual rankings lists, but that could ...

One of the saddest classic rock songs was written by The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and recorded by another star.