The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations.

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but ...

Chris Brown, Summer Walker, and other R&B acts served up the most-streamed songs of the year.

Phil Upchurch, a guitarist who played with Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, died on Nov. 23 at 84 years old.

Jazz vocalist Aimée Allen brings her song cycle "Sweet Ephemera," along with jazz standards and bossa nova grooves, to ...

R&B voice Mary Ann Alexander reflects on Kerala’s influence, Malayalam’s rhythm and her artistic evolution in a candid ...

The Nov. 28 show will feature a concert and conversation with vocalist Annie Haslam and songwriter-drummer Jim McCarty, a ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like GENA and Sincere Hunte. From babies to albums, the past weekend was packed with new arrivals. On Thursday (Nov. 13), Cardi B ...

They say : My Inner Worlds by Ettore Carucci is a solo piano album blending classical and jazz through improvisations on Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, Ponce, and Corea. Recorded at Nicola Bulgari’s ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like detahjae and rum•gold. The big news story over the weekend was the announcement of the 2026 Grammy Award nominations (Nov. 7).

One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...