Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential ...

The performance artist Taylor Mac is the feature of a new documentary. When we spoke to him in 2016, he had just completed a 24-hour show covering 24 decades of American popular music. TAYLOR MAC: ...

Discover why Nashville became the capital of country music — from its historic roots to today’s thriving tourism scene and the Country Music Hall of Fame’s American Currents exhibition. Explore how ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It’s an opportunity to highlight the contributions of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has released a new book spotlighting objects in its music collection to show the compelling ways Black music has ...

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.

From Carnegie Hall in the 1930s to a powerful performance this week -- this is the story of how one symphony is inspiring musicians and audiences nearly a century later.

Connecticut education leaders are expressing cautious optimism as the state Department of Education tries its hand at course development. The department announced the release of its first-ever “Course ...

Everybody loves the blues in some capacity. This genre of soulful music can be traced back to the 1860s in the Deep South. The origins of the blues started with African-American musicians who created ...

With the drop of “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” in February, Beyoncé staked her claim in country music. Within 10 days of its release, “Texas Hold ‘Em” became a #1 charting song on Billboard’s ...