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The R&B veteran has released a cover of Billie Holiday’s 1939 protest song after the police killing of George Floyd. “We keep telling this story over and over and over,” she s…
Woody Guthrie’s son talks the Sixties, the future of protest music and how his history with the Chicago 7 is repeating itself
The dynamic rap duo on starring in their own fictional TV show, overcoming depression, and why the Trump era is just the latest chapter of the American horror story
First they got through a health scare in their inner circle. Then came a global shutdown. But the Haim sisters are keeping it cool as they roll out their most ambitious album yet
Since the start of the pandemic, the Bay Area rapper has been turning to nostalgic music and experimenting in the studio
Washington, D.C. trio makes anthems for getting loose and imagining a brighter future
The singer’s son, Danny Jones, remembers their life on the road and his dad’s quiet final years at a Nashville hotel
How one of the most socially conscious hits of the Eighties made a comeback, just in time for a pandemic and social upheaval
With pile-driving guitar riffs and drill-sergeant vocals decrying racism, the Ultra Mono track is a sign of the times
The music industry is debating the term “urban,” but the “pop” category often helps prop up white artists at the expense of the black artists who inspire them
