Music

As with many things this past year, the typical live music scene was silenced. But there were creative attempts to…

MF Doom, a masked rapper who awed hip-hop fans and fellow musicians with intricate wordplay, has died. He was 49.

"Maryland, My Maryland" was written in 1861 as a call to arms for the Confederacy. It refers to President Abraham…

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, called the mother of blues, helped expand the universe of American music. Director George C. Wolfe talks…

We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some…

Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again.

He had three Grammy Awards, more than 30 No. 1 hits between 1969 and 1984, won the Country Music Association's…

Bob Dylan's entire catalog of songs, one of the great treasures in music history, has been acquired by Universal Music…

50 years ago this month, The Doors played its final show in New Orleans. For the band's drummer, John Densmore,…

Beyoncé picked up song and record of the year bids with "Black Parade," which she released on Juneteenth, the holiday…