The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.

Miami is the first stop in a yearlong series of shows throughout the United States that examines Celia Cruz’s incredibly rich and varied musical legacy, period by period.

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The Canadian virtuoso, known for his solo on “Chest Fever,” gave the group a “sound twice as big” and his mates music lessons ...

The 1950s were not about slouchy handbags: The name of the game was structured, polished, and buttoned up. Kogan sees ...

Science fiction has delivered some of the scariest and strangest soundtracks in cinema history. Our classical music critic ...

Carlos Malcolm may not be a household name, but it should be. Without this now 90-year-old innovator of Jamaican music—this ...

The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.