The study of popular music heritage and cultural identity explores how communities anchor themselves to a collective past while simultaneously negotiating modernity. Popular music heritage embodies ...

Music podcasts that want to survive have to appeal to either a specific time and genre of music, or focus on specific artists ...

The fall looks primed to be a strong season of concerts by — and appealing to — the LGBTQ community. Among the highlights in the category of the well-known, consider Andy Bell (Lincoln), Jane Lynch ...

The past year was dominated by interconnected global crises unlike anything witnessed in multiple generations. The continuing Israeli genocide of Palestinians, backed by the imperialist powers, drove ...

But despite this recognition, the history of women in popular music has always been marked by struggle. How Women Made Music, a new book from NPR Music and edited by Alison Fensterstock, centers and ...

Once, the world swung to the rhythm of jazz—from the lively dives of New Orleans to urban nightclubs, from dance floors to radio airwaves. Jazz, with its roots in communal Black expression, became a ...

The study of music theory and popular music analysis continues to evolve as scholars integrate traditional analytical frameworks with innovative methodologies. Recent work in the field has broadened ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches. ALEX WARREN: (Singing) They say the ...