Music

Catching up with the first female to ever be nominated for International Bluegrass Music Association's guitarist of the year award — she was not expecting the honor.

"Bad Ones" could come straight out of Tegan And Sara's remarkable pop crossover Heartthrob, but is indelibly wired to Matthew Dear's own rich frequencies.

Many things can be learned just as well later — so the focus should be on ones that really need to be early, like languages, music and communication, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

New music from two Colombian musicians who wanted to recreate the landscape of the jungle through a combination of palenquero roots music and electronic wizardry.

Watch Wadada Leo Smith play a tribute to Emmett Till while floating down the same river where, over 60 years earlier, Till's lifeless 14-year-old body was found.

A country artist donates $100,000, comedian Kevin Hart puts in $25,000 and challenges his famous friends to do the same and Amazon promises to match customers' donations.

Hear a live performance from the band, whose sound combines shoegaze-pop with pan-Caribbean identity, recorded at Nuevofest 2017 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor reveal the emotional chaos, missteps and hopeful perseverance behind Painted Ruins, the band's first new album in five years.

The album traverses Swift's country roots and enters proper pop territory while tackling more complicated aspects of love and relationships. Here, an artist grows up alongside her audience.

The Alabama singer-songwriter and his band perform three songs from The Nashville Sound, but their set includes a few surprises, too.