Religion has long provided a stimulus for jazz. Figures as august as Duke Ellington and John Coltrane drew profound inspiration from their faith, though their reception varied. Ellington's religious ...

Los Angeles — Detroit's own CeCe Winans has tied the late Aretha Franklin with her 18th Grammy win Sunday evening. Music’s biggest night returns to L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena, broadcasting live on CBS ...

Ron Kenoly, a music leader whose songs helped shape how millions of people worship in churches, has died at age 81. His death was announced by his longtime music director on social media Tuesday. The ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson will return to the area for a homecoming performance next week. The Javon Jackson Quartet will ...

The official trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s long-in-the-works Michael Jackson biopic has arrived ahead of the film’s release on April 24. Most notably, the trailer highlights Jackson’s complicated ...

Footage of Sexyy Red's explicit "Just Eat It" version went viral and drew backlash earlier this week. By Michael Saponara Michael Jackson’s estate has slammed Sexyy Red’s explicit flip of the King of ...

Ejae and Sombr chased the Grammys with new releases, and Peter Gabriel began unfurling his next album. By Jon Pareles Post-Grammy strategies are clicking into place, as winners and performers from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years later, Janet Jackson is still in Control. The musician celebrated the milestone anniversary of her groundbreaking ...

Eric B. & Rakim, Heart, Funkadelic, Nick Drake also represented among the nine albums and five songs deemed of "qualitative or historical significance" by the Recording Academy. The Grammy Hall of ...

Janet Jackson was honored with the Icon Award at the 2025 American Music Awards tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. She celebrated by making her first TV performance in seven years, during which she broke ...

The official trailer for the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, dropped on Monday morning (Feb. 2) and it promises a wide-ranging look at the late self-proclaimed King of Pop's well-known story ...