The great Atlantic Records producer gave us rhythm and blues -- as well as just about every R&B legend -- and retooled the very foundations of music producing.

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Now on a rare tour of the U.S., she's been the "High Priestess of Soul" for decades, making music that's an eloquent blend of joy, sorrow and anger.

The band's ability to find gorgeous, fragile beauty in even dark days is extremely relatable

Think country is all bland and conservative? Think again!

Drugged-out blues rock from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

A cover song can both enhance and diminish the legacy of the original artist

Reviews of new releases from the Cranberries, Medeski, Martin & Wood, the Mary Janes, Danny Gatton

Along with novelist William Boyd, Bowie fabricated an artist who never existed, the art world fell for it

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Living literary character (and rocker) Steve Earle plays a noisy show in New York for -- who else? -- a bunch of literary types.

The singer discusses her spare new album, her adoration of Prince, and her frustration with Black Lives Matters

Two of the year's most moving films recognize that Americana music has the power to move us in ways we cannot name

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