post-Civil Rights era sound energised by funk, rock and soul, its seeming ability to counter the spiritual chasm carved by our chaotic times. Then there’s the fact that Luaka Bop has elevated ...

When I set out to pen this column, the goal was to revisit meaningful music – its making, history, and impact – while also ...

Last chance to catch the show, last chance to score the merch, last chance to squeeze through the thin chasm (suck in that beer gut ... way to kick off a day of music than an eight-piece funk band ...

Cuban rapper El Funky faces deportation from the U.S. despite his support for Trump and the protest anthem Patria y Vida. Eliéxer Márquez Duany, the Cuban rapper known as El Funky, is now facing ...

The onetime social media superstar has re-emerged as the most surprising rookie pop star of the year. The onetime social media superstar has re-emerged as the most surprising rookie pop star of ...

Pop star Jessie J revealed she was diagnosed with “early breast cancer,” telling fans that she is going to “disappear for a bit” after her upcoming concert to undergo surgery. The “Price ...

The pop singer-songwriter was the closing act on the second day of the wine country festival, drawing tens of thousands of fans who received Timberlake’s performance with overwhelming exhilaration.

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Achy Obejas’ new poetry collection, The Boy Kingdom/El reino de los varones, is forthcoming from Beacon Press in September. She is a journalist, novelist and translator who was born in Cuba.