A breadth of historic material, from 1888 wax cylinders to hard rock, new wave and rap of the late 20th century, has joined the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The newly announced…
With his debut single "Maybellene," Chuck Berry, who died on Saturday at 90, arrived fully formed, artistically complete, revolutionary and prophetic. Though he came to be known as the poet laureate…
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Chuck Berry, the rock 'n' roll pioneer who established the form and the themes of the music with his slyly funny, rhythmically propulsive '50s hits, such as "Maybellene,"…
Adele claimed the highest-profile wins at the afternoon Premiere Ceremony of the 59th Grammy Awards, held Sunday at the Microsoft Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The pop superstar’s inescapable No…
While the industry is just days away from celebrating the Grammy Awards, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow likes to remind observers that his organization's multifaceted mandate is more than…
It will be a diva duel at the 59th annual Grammy Awards: Hip-hop queen Beyonce is headed for a face-off with British pop superstar Adele in three of the four top categories. Meghan Trainor, the 2016…
Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet and novelist who became a singular international presence as a singer-songwriter, died on Nov. 7 in Los Angeles. He was 82. A statement on his official Facebook page…
Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock 'n' roll guitarist whose fluid picking propelled Elvis Presley's first recordings for Sun Records, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to Memphis newspaper the…
Ralph Stanley, one of the founding fathers and great originals of American bluegrass music, died on Thursday. He was 89. His grandson, Nathan, posted on his Facebook page that Ralph Stanley died…
It is difficult to think of a music superstar who enjoyed a music-biz career at once as massive and as tortured as that enjoyed by Prince, who died Thursday at 57. A virtual one-man industry at the…
Fifteen years ago, George Martin — who began his career as a producer of classical recordings – created a series of classical anthologies for an L.A. independent label. To celebrate the event, the…
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