On 15 January 1981, music legends Diana Ross and Gladys Knight, along with the 'godfather of rap', Gil Scott-Heron, joined ...

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art came alive Jan. 23 with community, vulnerability and poetry. The “Writers Give Voice: ...

Themes of guilt, punishment and redemption are common currency in prison dramas, but Petra Volpe's terrific Frank & Louis ...

NEW YORK - Long before Public Enemy urged the need to "Fight the Power" or N.W.A. offered a crude rebuke of the police, Gil Scott-Heron was articulating the rage and the disillusionment of the black ...

Stevie Wonder's soulful melodies and commitment to social justice played a pivotal role in the creation of Martin Luther King ...

Lyric Baltimore is inviting the city to lift its collective voice during “Freedom Songs,” a free, immersive community singing experience led by internationally acclaimed vocalist and cultural educator ...

His concert at Manchester’s Co-op Arena in May last year featured a lengthy onstage broadside against Donald Trump, and his long history of political activism and recording songs that speak truth to ...

The “newspaper of record’ misses a golden opportunity to explain the material connections between violence “there” and ...

A compilation of all of Deadline's movie reviews from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the final one in Park City before the ...

“Recently I’ve felt pessimistic about the world,” Dry Cleaning singer Florence Shaw says in regards to “Joy,” which closes their new album Secret Love that’s out this week. “The influence of what they ...

Jill Scott announced her first album in 11 years To Whom This May Concern last week with the excellent, ’70s soul-inspired lead single “Beautiful People,” and today she shares a second single, ...

Bruno Mars, Jill Scott and Mandy, Indiana have new albums on the way, and a frantic tune from an anime film is No. 1 in Japan. By Jon Pareles Even in its early weeks, 2026 is revving up fast. The ...