The turn of the century did nothing to derail some of the top music acts. They kept on cranking out hits and strong performances. Plenty of familiar names and groups continue to stand the test of ...

Putting words to music can lead to immortality ... of the Confederacy and the song “Dixie” do, spinning the Civil War’s “rebels” as Yankee victims. In the throes of defeat, the narrator ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

Discover how Black musicians are revolutionizing modern music, from pioneering new genres to influencing global trends.

On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

The 2000s delivered some of country music's stone-cold saddest songs, ever. Want proof? Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' "Whiskey Lullaby" — one of country music's defining heartbreak ballads ...

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An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer will make history in December as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee's Republican-backed law ...

A judge in South Carolina has erased the records of seven Black men arrested in 1960 for sitting at an all-white lunch ...

The NAACP, the country’s biggest civil rights organization, is entering the investment world with a new impact fund that will ...

Hundreds of people have turned out for the burial of Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas ...

Grieving families say they want answers as to why a metal walkway at a state-operated dock in Georgia collapsed over the weekend, killing seven people The Latest Elon Musk is pledging to give away ...