Every year when the end of December rolls around things tend to get mad hectic. Everybody starts rushing around to wrap-up all of their loose ends before the year comes crashing to a close and the New ...

This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging. The first is the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream. Nigerian Afrobeat is played ...

10 Biggest Egomaniacs in Music - Admittedly, Kanye West landed on this list before he caused the world's jaw to drop with his non-filtered performance on SNL. (Not technically of the year, but we'll ...

Photos by Francis Chung, Leigh Ann Hines, Karra McDonald, Joseph Mohan, Jen Reel, and Nolan Wells; Above: The Hold Steady by Nolan Wells * There was a lot of rain early on Saturday, but it didn't last ...

The music industry finished 2008 with positive sales growth numbers overall, but the grim CD death march continues apace. Overall unit purchases of music in the US increased by 10.5 percent ...

Leave it up to TV on the Radio to craft its most upbeat, party-ready release to date as the economy crumbles, presidents change and wars rage. Dear Science is not the band’s best, but tell that to the ...

For a young black singer and guitarist from Chicago with only a minor hit, getting booked on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1955 was a career-making opportunity. Sullivan asked him to sing Tennessee Ernie ...

Indie band Mother Mother formed in 2005, but it just made an entrance on Rolling Stone’s Artists 500 Chart last week. The Vancouver-based group also debuted at Number 11 on September’s Breakthrough 25 ...