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

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

"Our aim is to become that cultural cornerstone of the city." Leeds City Council said the new library would build on the work ...

Revisiting the story of Cordell Jackson, the Mississippi-born rockabilly songwriter who started her own record label - Moon Records - from her home in Memphis.

Addison Rae looked like a 1950s Hollywood pinup star as she posed in a pink leotard for the February cover of Rolling Stone ...

Most teen idols who sprang up during the birth of rock' n roll in the 1950s were flash-in-the-pan stars --remembered for a ...

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

How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his ...

In “The Philosophy of Civilization,” Albert Schweitzer warned: “Overwork, physical and mental or both, is our lot. We can no ...

In his new book, Taunton psychologist Keith Crochiere looks back on Roseland's heyday in the era of Prohibition, the ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 30: ...