Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queen, pioneers and now torch-bearers for the 1960s mbaqanga sound of Soweto, were one of the first African bands to rock my world. When Sean Barlow and I first went to ...

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats are marking the tenth anniversary of their game-changing self-titled debut album with a deluxe reissue due October 10, bringing with it not just the original gold ...

In 1980, jazz tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest died in Grand Rapids, Mich., at age 60. Forrest was the composer of "Night Train," which just about every rock, jazz and R&B musician in the world has ...

Alec Burleson hit a game-ending solo homer with two out in the ninth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 victory ...

Ratt peeled off a string of platinum-selling records in the '80s. The next decade was a different story, starting with 1990's ...

Unimpressed with their original singer, one of the band members suggested auditioning his pal instead. Liam Gallagher showed ...

Covers of Bob Dylan 1963–1970, a three-CD set that embraces songs Dylan wrote during the fertile period mentioned in the ...

The Emotions topped the chart with 'Best of My Love'; Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen returned to the stage after a serious car accident; Steve Winwood rolled with a chart-topping album; Eddie Willis ...

In a new interview, Lorne Michael said that an opening duet between Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon was in the works long before it hit the air.

Here are the major music events, births, deaths and album releases on this day in music for 25 August: ...

Charlie Watts, the late original drummer for the Rolling Stones, was rather famous for being the opposite kind of character ...

SNL' boss Lorne Michaels said that he would have invited Sinead O'Connor to February's 50th anniversary celebration if she were alive.