Teri Thornton went from the "greatest voice since Ella Fitzgerald" to a nobody and back. When will she get her own VH1 special?

A poet-novelist who knew the Queen of Soul as a teenager looks back at the forces and influences that shaped one of the world's greatest singers.

The latest biopic about a Black woman music icon chooses to gladden the heart rather than provide substance

Three kings -- Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderly -- rip through six CDs of the most ravishing jazz ever played.

Rod Argent talks about how his iconic '60s group managed to rise again and influence younger bands

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee formed rock group with fellow Bluesbreaker Mick Fleetwood in 1967

The 20 tracks -- all exclusive to Salon -- that make up the best of this year's free downloads.

RZA's music "inspired by" Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" lags behind the inspired cuts of the actual film.

Lucinda Williams, John Henry and Vermeer: Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted author and critic.

Ten observations on pop and its discontents, from the noted author and critic.

A master musician with extraordinary staying power, for decades his evocative vocal style has taken the blues out of the barroom and into the bedroom.

Remembering Ray Charles as a man who sang to the soul of America, played the piano like it was a woman, and got us all to joyously shake our thing.

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The Native American novelist thinks Ian Frazier had no business writing "On the Rez." He may have some trespasses of his own to answer for.