Explore some of the Black music icons who made significant contributions to the music industry and American culture during Black Music Month.

Kendrick Lamar, Ledisi and others are creating the soundtrack for this cultural inflection point and for the legacy of ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.

The 2025 American Music Awards, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, begins at 8 p.m. and airs live from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Here's how to watch.

The 2025 American Music Awards are almost here. This year, Jennifer Lopez will be hosting the Las Vegas-based award show, which has Kendrick Lamar as the most-nominated artist this year ...

However, they are the artists who have helped inspire generations of other influential country artists. Without these four individuals, America’s favorite genre wouldn’t be the same.

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: How does one of the most influential Irish musicians in America celebrate today's Irish American holiday? NPR's Neda Ulaby brings us this St. Patrick's Day postcard from the ...

She tells us about what she calls "March Madness" for Irish musicians and the song that's most meaningful for her to play this year. How one influential Irish musician in America celebrates St ...

The study looked at the birthplaces of the 1,000 most "influential" American artists, looking at how many of their songs have been sampled, remixed and covered in other commercially released songs ...