Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo...
‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’ (1971) By the time Flack released her cover of this Shirelles’ classic, in late 1971, Carole King (who wrote the...
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Adam Bradley has been listening to...
Jerry Butler, the graceful singer and songwriter who served as the first leader of the Impressions before launching a long, hit-heavy solo career, died on Thursday...
There’s a dressing room backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville called “It Takes Two” that’s filled with photos of some of country music’s most...
In Sly & the Family Stone’s prime, from 1968 to 1973, the band was one of music’s greatest live acts as well as a fount of...
Irv Gotti, a music executive who co-founded Murder Inc. Records and built a hip-hop empire that produced some of the biggest rap and R&B albums around...
Gene Barge, one of the last surviving saxophonists of the golden age of R&B, whose career ran the gamut of 20th-century Black popular music, died on...
At the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Beyoncé finally clinched album of the year with “Cowboy Carter,” her ambitious gumbo of country and American roots music, ending...
“I Am … Sasha Fierce” losing to Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” — plausible. “Beyoncé” losing to Beck’s “Morning Phase” — laughable. “Lemonade” losing to Adele’s “25” —...
