African-Americans have made incalculable contributions to music. In the words of Quincy Jones, “I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our ...

With five albums in 46 years, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour isn't the most prolific of solo acts, but the standard is ...

A gem for me this year has been the collaborative project between the veteran minimalist composer Chihei Hatakeyama and jazz ...

From Alanis and Mariah to Björk and Shania, from Oasis and Blur to 2Pac and Silverchair, here's what we were listening to in ...

Exploring the history and origins of the live album, which dates back to a 1938 concert recording of Benny Goodman at the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York.

The 80s also saw the blues transform like never before, with Stevie Ray Vaughan drawing in hard rockers and purists alike and ...

In today’s roundup of musical history, we highlight the pint-sized performance artist Poppy, with musical recommendations and ...

Young eldritch junkie Nick Cave would have struggled to predict his maturity as a font of wry and sacred wisdom, or the fathomless loss he reckoned with en route.

The Grammy winner reflects on recording with Milton Nascimento, discovering Bach on "Mr. Rogers" and challenging sexism. How ...

Edinburgh trio Young Fathers made history by winning their third Scottish Album of the Year award with the LP ‘Heavy, Heavy‘.

This, the first solo album from London-based vocalist Mitchener, doesn’t so much set lines by poets including Una Marson and Edward Kamau Brathwaite as devour their words inside soundscapes so vividly ...

Rather, they are the ages of three storied jazz saxophonists – Charles Lloyd, Charles McPherson and Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen – who each released standout albums this year.