RAPID CITY, S.D. — The LifeLight Hills Alive Festival will return to Memorial Park on July 18 and 19, 2026, marking its 41st year as one of the Black Hills’ largest Christian music and outreach events ...

Following her appearance at the 2025 ARIA Awards, presented last month in Sydney, Dean has dominated the ARIA charts for much ...

Cher's love life reads like a time capsule of Hollywood, music, and rebellion, and it is endlessly fascinating. You will find ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Devaul Neal, aka Detroit rapper Bruiser Wolf, can wind humor, sadness, and charm into the same bar. He’s a member of Danny Brown’s label and collective Bruiser Brigade, through which he dropped his ...

Was it a good year for hip-hop? If you look at the Billboard charts—where very few rap songs released this year cracked the top 40—the answer would seem to be no. But if you focus on albums, the story ...

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

Wilmington artist Sheme of Gold released a new self-produced album titled "The Sweetest Escape." The album blends hip-hop, pop, and electronica to explore a relationship's end and personal struggles.

Max B releases his first solo album in four years, Public Domain 7: The Purge.

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...