There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the ...

Recently, we detailed the amazing history of house and acid house music here, and it's quite a story. Just a few producers and DJs in Chicago started experimenting with old Roland gear back in the ...

For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the ...

This weekend in Charlottesville is a nostalgic one with a karaoke night paying tribute to the late David Lynch, a 1980s dance ...

Anthony Barboza/Getty Images SylvesterThe Queen of Disco1947 – 1988 Few artists have embodied the spirit of liberation quite like Sylvester. As a ...

Still, “Puttin’ On The Ritz” by Taco is an incredibly catchy one-hit wonder, and that music video is one of the most memorable little pieces of MV magic from the 1980s. Unfortunately for ...

Slow Drag, celebrating its fifth anniversary with two special throwback events this weekend, is a nostalgic party for fans of Black love songs, specifically ballads and slower-tempo tracks. Named ...

This year’s Grammy Awards, which took place on February 2nd in Los Angeles, marked the 67th installment of the annual award show. However, the Best Dance/Electronic categories are relatively new.

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

The 1980s is a bit of an underrated era for country music. Not quite at the cusp of country pop, yet still moving away from traditional country sounds, the 1980s was a time for a lot of ...

this list will give diehard fans and curious newcomers a starting point for exploring the various iterations of popular music created in the 1980s. Music in the 80s was moving in a number of ...