Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

Counting down our picks for the top five greatest punk reimaginings of classic songs by The Rolling Stones, including tracks by Joan Jett, Dead Boys, and Devo.

New music has swung fruitfully between US and UK influences for ... The Rolling Stones, amping up US blues, weren't far behind, with The Who and The Kinks also adding a unique Englishness. In the ...

Tyler Bryant's signature tube combo brings more power, blendable channels and headroom for pedals – but you might want to ...

There's plenty on view at Kansas City-area galleries this winter. Shake off the post-holiday blues with these solo exhibits and group shows from a range of perspectives and mediums.

It takes an entire alphabet to cover the artists, venues, concerts, genres, radio stations, and more that make the D the ...

William Snelling explores how the John Fahey's combination of simplicity and atmosphere continues to hold sway over myriad ...

Motown was founded in 1959 as Tamla Records, and it acquired the name Motown in April 1960 – the ideal time to launch a record company built on black ... soul and blues artists into superstars.

It’s fitting that the first snow of the new year fell as I was editing this list; if anything, it made me want to pause work ...

The second half of the Springer Theatre's 2024-25 season opens January 23 with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the Tony Award-winning portrayal of the life and struggles of a Black female ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...