From Michael Jackson to Whitney Houston, these Grammy performances defined music history and transformed the awards stage ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

One-hit wonders catapult to fame and then burn out fast. That’s the nature of being a one-hit wonder, unfortunately. However, some solitary hitmakers managed to make serious musical history during ...

Monumental days in history, there are loads of them. Though, that doesn’t make them any less important or significant, as the events of those days created a ripple effect that altered the timeline we ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated on June 20 to reflect additional reporting on Batiste's performance at the MLB at Rickwood Field game. On a warm spring evening in Birmingham, Alabama, “Sunday ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — If you wander the streets of Knoxville, you likely pass buildings and spaces without a second thought. But hidden in plain sight are places where musicians once performed, parks ...

Music at the University of Colorado is first mentioned in 1882, during the first decade of the university’s existence. The small body of students requested that the Regents purchase a piano for chapel ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. When the Akins Ford Arena opened last December, a bigger stage was not the only ode ...