BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN The latest album from saxophonist Branford Marsalis finds him playing at one of our country’s most beautiful...

Not too long ago, I had an interesting phone call with Benji Rogers, the president and founder of PledgeMusic. We geeked out about...

OK, I admit it. I’m one of the geeks who sings along at the pump when the music comes on over those loud speakers at the gas station –...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Karl Wallinger is sitting on the running board of his tour van and smoking a cigarette. He...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST First, let me set the tone: Imagine you’re walking around in downtown Portland, Oregon....

ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...

FOR her latest muse, Rosanne Cash returns to the familiar world of the American South, where the ghosts of William Faulkner and Robert...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Rock and Roll Hall of Famers joined current and former members of the Allman Brothers Band for a...

All-star band gathers for ‘All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman’ in Atlanta: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers joined...

It’s been nearly four years since Diane Birch performed her quirky hit “Valentino” on Ellen and mom bloggers went berserk for her debut...

ELVIS COSTELLO, a British singer-songwriter, is known for his rock rants and intricate ballads. He has recorded with dozens of artists in...

Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy fundraiser, where the topics ranged from MC...

In Harlem the roots of the rock ‘n’ roll family tree are 100 years strong. THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914,...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST It may surprise music fans of a certain age to know that various members of Big Country,...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: This week, British singer Tracey Thorn released her first book, a memoir called Bedsit...

Click on the image above to watch our Huffington Post Live interview with Smokey Robinson (that’s me live on the screen via Google+...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: Of all the musicians on social media, who’d guess that Swing Out Sister would be one of...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: He shimmied in shiny suits to the glam rock sounds of his band Roxy Music in the 1970s,...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE ECONOMIST: “Ocean’s Kingdom” sometimes played out like a generation clash among its collaborators, but...

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN | FROM THE HUFFINGTON POST: This week in 1993, Arrested Development’s “Mr. Wendal,” an ode to a homeless man,...