Music
New Music Fridays 2026: Jill Scott, Victoria Monét & Brent Faiyaz Drop It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and major R&B powerhouses have released highly anticipated music to get you ready for the day of love. Related | New Music Fridays 2026: J. Cole Releases ‘The Fall-Off’, Ella Mai & Lecrae Drop, Vol. 2 Jill Scott returns […]
Black History Month: Music Inspired By The Social Justice Movement Throughout history, Black musicians have used their platform to capture the fullness of the Black experience. From songs of overcoming, joy, to sorrow, heartbreak and pain. Many of these songs have been anthems for the Civil Rights and social justice movements. Many of these innovators […]
Former Fugees artists Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean reunited onstage for a powerful performance of “Killing Me Softly” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 1. The star-studded performance honored two late icons of soul music, Roberta Flack and D’Angelo, who passed in 2025. Hill acted as a maestro of the performance, appearing center […]
Experience the magic of Broadway as the North Carolina Symphony brings the bright lights and unforgettable melodies of the Great White Way to the concert hall. Bravo Broadway features show-stopping performances from acclaimed vocalists LaKisha Jones, Morgan James, and Hugh Panaro, led by conductor Sophie Mok for an evening of classic and contemporary Broadway favorites. […]
The song resonated with Liberian women, who saw it as a powerful representation of their country.
The “Happy Birthday” song is a tune that has been sung across the world translating into different languages and cultures. In 1980, legendary musician Stevie Wonder made a new rendition of the song that was not only a groovy, alternative version of the original— it holds a deeper meaning. One that helped to highlight an […]
Actress and soul singer Jill Scott brought in the New Year with some good news for her fans. The Philly-bred star is making her long-awaited return to music, announcing that she is releasing a new album, To Whom This May Concern, her first album since 2015. “Finally my new album entitled TO WHOM THIS MAY […]
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has had many historical moments happen across 2025, including closing the year with news of curating fashion’s biggest night in 2026. Most recently, Vogue announced earlier this month that the singer will co-chair the 2026 Met Gala, alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour. This is also the artist’s return to the Met Gala […]
Spotify was down for thousands of users early Monday, Dec. 15, in what appeared to be a major outage for the music streaming service. The app was showing error messages for users along with having playback difficulties, but it seems to be working normally currently. The widespread issue was reported around 10 a.m. across the […]
When we reflect on music that represents the holiday season, our favorite Christmas tunes always get most of the attention. Now, many of you may already have “Silent Night” by the Temptations queued up on Spotify, but it’s not really time for that yet, especially at Thanksgiving dinner. Despite there not being many songs that […]
In 2014, after vanishing from the public eye for nearly 15 years, D’Angelo released his newest album, Black Messiah. Stardom had overwhelmed the soul singer, particularly being treated as a sex symbol after the video release for “Untitled (How Does It Feel).” With the surprise of Black Messiah—named after a term J. Edgar Hoover used […]
By the mid 1990s a new wave of the R&B sound called “Neo-Soul (or Progressive Sound) was in full effect, thanks to the release of D’Angelo’s debut album Brown Sugar. By the late ’90s, the birth of the musical collective “The Soulquarians” furthered a genre of funk, hip-hop, rock and soul far beyond what Neo-Soul […]
