If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

The word "independent" refers to being free of any control or influence, and it's an aspect of life that everyone should accomplish. Being independent can help boost confidence, self-esteem, and ...

Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Photo Credit: Netflix) As with all Ryan Murphy shows, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” is full of stellar needle drops. The song list for the new ...

Whether it's the lyrics, production style, or creative visuals, artists have always drawn inspiration from other musicians. And sometimes, that admiration runs so deep, they don't just name-drop their ...

Taylor Swift released her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, last week — and before it was even out for a full day, listeners were already pointing out similarities between her new songs and existing ...

On 12 October, Paramount Global announced it would close five well-known MTV music channels by year-end, marking a big change in the music world. For those of us who grew up with MTV as a soundtrack ...

It was put to John Lodge a couple of years ago that, given his contributions to the band and subsequent works on his own, he was the true rock 'n' roller in the Moody Blues. His response; "I think so, ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music. By Jon Pareles In his music, ...

Our list of the 10 best songs by the neo-soul architect, from Brown Sugar to Black Messiah. When it comes to the past three decades of R&B, particularly the development of the neo-soul movement, ...

Born in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1933, Pennington began his career in a band called the Western Rhythm Boys. In the late 1950s, he inked a deal with King Records, where he released singles under the ...

Today, at a France-based global summit on the international treaty that regulates the wildlife trade, numerous countries condemned Namibia for its recent international sale and export of 22 wild ...