Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. For this week’s column, ...

From Wonderfront to Coachella and from Gator by the Bay to the San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival, music fans will ...

Also stream new releases from Frog, Venturing, Mereba, Marshall Allen, Westside Gunn, Horsegirl, John Glacier, Richard Dawson ...

With their second feature, writer/director Shatara Michelle Ford delivers a complex, urgent portrait of Black community, ...

Kevin Hart will serve as the first-ever on-court emcee of the ‘2025 NBA All-Star Game’ Feb. 16 from San Francisco. Hart will ...

The list of 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction nominations includes Chubby Checker, Billy Idol, Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Cyndi Lauper and more.

Everyday the 14th!” or so claims Cupid Valentino, AKA André 3000, on one of the sexiest Outkast tracks out there. Saint Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday this year, an excellent excuse for Portland ...

Idina Menzel returns to Broadway, new seasons of The White Lotus and Yellowjackets, and SNL’s anniversary celebration.

Atlanta may not be able to claim to have had as much cultural influence on Super Bowl 59 as the city did in 2024, when Usher’s record-breaking halftime performance “turned the world into the A.” ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

This label’s 86-year run has been one of the most storied in jazz — and it’s still going. Hear tracks by Wayne Shorter, Sonny ...

Beyoncé winning the trophy for album of the year was the highlight of the Grammy Awards, but there were plenty of other key ...