Samuel James and Michael Kebede bring Black American folk songs, stories to Portland

Portland-based musicians and advocates Samuel James and Michael Kebede are performing together in “Haint Blue,” a show ...
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The Damned Turn 50 and Pay Tribute to Founding Member Brian James

Brian wasn't like everybody else.” The Damned’s guitarist Captain Sensible remembers first meeting his late bandmate and founding member Brian James Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies revisit the band’s ...

Eagles Soar Into Rarefied Air As ‘Greatest Hits’ Disc Scores RIAA’s First Quadruple Diamond Award

We knew it would happen one of these nights as The Eagles continue to take it to the limit, and now the RIAA’s Quadruple ...

James Bernard, a Founding Editor of a Hip-Hop ‘Bible,’ Dies at 58

One of the most influential voices of the seminal magazine The Source, he chronicled rap’s rise and its explosion into the ...

How a song written for Young Thug landed on The Format's reunion album

Asked to write a song for Young Thug, Nate Ruess accidentally wrote the perfect ending to The Format's first release in 20 ...

Kool & The Gang’s Robert Bell on how he laid down three top 10s in a single session –and became one of the most sampled artists in history

The funk masters’ only surviving original member explains the humble beginnings of most of their hits, how they put them ...

Blur bassist Alex James on Britpop Classical coming to Sheffield City Hall, Scarborough Open Air Theatre and Halifax's Piece Hall

Blur bassist Alex James is back with his Britpop Classical, where 90s rock hits are elevated by a symphony orchestra. He ...