From Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” breakthrough to Kehlani scoring a long-overdue Hot 100 top 10 hit with “Folded,” R&B is in the midst of an upswing — and the world is taking notice. When she first started ...

HE’S a happily married dad of two but Olly Murs is still a lad at heart and he wanted his new album to reflect that fun part ...

Cheers to the singer-songwriters. It’s the John Prines and Lucinda Williamses, along with those up and comers of the singer songwriter realm, who have that way of helping us all take a good look at ...

In an ’80s pop landscape full of enormous talents and outrageous fashions, Cyndi Lauper still managed to stand out with one of the loudest voices and biggest personalities on MTV. The Queens native ...

Now, the 31-year-old Grammy-winning artist has a wide-ranging catalog of songs that define a generation, creating new anthems ...

Beloved by Iranian and Armenian fans worldwide, Martik Kanian, popularly known as Martik, is truly a musical icon. With his ...

Inspired by classical orchestral music and opera—but imbued with influences of pop, electronic, hip-hop, and more— Lux is ...

Alison Nichols spoke to American Songwriter about honoring her late cousin, Joe Diffie, with her cover of "John Deere Green" ...

DRAIN frontman Sammy Ciaramitaro talks about the art of imperfection, the energy of live music, and the band's new album.

James McMurtry isn't nostalgic so much as precise. His songs often sound like memory talking -- pragmatic about art and time, ...

Joanne Shaw Taylor began playing blues music as a teenager but she says that finding her voice in that genre as a writer and ...

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.