With frantic beats and vibrant culture, Brazilian funk prepares to follow the footsteps of reggaeton and conquer global ...

Françoise Hardy surprised her family—twice. First, she passed her baccalauréat exam with flying colors, a shock, really. Then ...

Ahead of his farewell tour, Edwyn Collins, recovered from a double stroke in 2005, has created a gentle album of ...

I always thought that I would go into local politics and even run for mayor, and here I am traveling the world with Pink Martini three decades later.” Through the years, Pink Martini has become a pop ...

Canadian-born composer and pianist Renee Rosnes is widely respected for a series of small-group albums she made for Blue Note ...

On her latest album, the L.A. producer trades the grit and swung rhythms of her early work for sleek house and disco beats.

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Photographs in illustration by Santiago Felipe/; John Atashian/; Paul Bergen/Redferns/; Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/; BSR Agency/Gentle Look/; Jim McCrary/Redferns/; Michael Putland/; Frank ...

The flute is a special instrument in jazz. It's not the most common horn, and few dedicate their careers to playing the flute ...

But despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care about going global, says Mr Morel. That ...

Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind have set their Spring tour, which kicks off March 5 in Evansville, Indiana. The tour will bring ...

By Paul Grein Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time logs its 76th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated March 8), which ups his career tally of weeks at No. 1 to 175.