“I think I’ve always been a woman that initiates action,” said musician Kate Fagan. Fagan, who has performed as a solo artist and as a member of the influential Chicago ska band Heavy Manners, is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) LL Cool J’s name has long been synonymous with hip hop’s evolution, versatility, and resilience. From the moment he burst onto the scene in the mid-1980s, his commanding voice, ...

“I just completely screwed that one up and didn’t mean to. Honestly, it was like losing the playoffs.” Photo: Vulture; Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage In a lengthy Zoom call, he broke down the biggest, ...

Tom Verlaine — the guitar virtuoso, cofounder and “frontman” of the pioneering New York group Television, who died last year — might be the most low-key guitar hero in rock history. If he had only ...

Deschanel: … Because we normally record very quickly. Like in six days. This album has a mix of some very well-known Wilson songs and more obscure cuts. How did you ...