An architect of Memphis soul, Cropper made his guitar sing and sting. And as a songwriter, he collaborated on more than a few ...

“Addison”. By Addison Rae The breakout pop album of 2025. Addison Rae, a former TikTok star, pays tribute to musical ...

The producer dreamed up TaTa Taktumi and brought her to life with help from the software Suno. She’s arriving at a fraught ...

COMMENTARY: Gaudete Sunday invites us to taste already the joy that comes from knowing our Savior is coming for us out of ...

A shared love for the song "Sow Mercy" led to a remarkable kidney transplant story in North Carolina, in which two men ...

Revered singer-songwriter John Darnielle has been leading the Mountain Goats since the mid-1990s, putting out brilliant albums like 2002’s ‘Tallahassee’ and 2019’s ‘In League With Dragons.’ He’s also ...

Looking at this year’s Reissues etc chart I was struck just how close in release date some of the records are to The Quietus’ ...

“In life there are two tragedies,” Oscar Wilde once said. “One is not getting what one wants. The other is getting it.” The second tragedy was what I saw last night at the Kennedy Center Honors. For ...

It was amusing, and not a little maddening, to read the Boston Archdiocese’s reasoning in ordering a priest in Dedham to remove a sign from a Nativity scene that stuck up for vulnerable people who are ...

Todd Snider, a folk singer and songwriter whose wry wit coursed through bighearted ballads rallying for the underdog, and whose charming onstage stories of mishap and skulduggery often lasted longer ...

Steve Cropper, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist who helped form the “Memphis soul” sound on Stax Records recordings by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Booker T. & the M.G.’s, died today. He ...