As well as being an incredible songwriter and performer, Nina Simone was a tireless activist within the civil rights movement, which often influenced her music.

On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center is offering the world premiere of a new jazz oratorio "Rustin in Renaissance," a tribute to the Civil ...

A civil rights champion and musical pariah, Nina Simone wrote some of the greatest songs of an entire generation, tackling subjects like racism and entrapment.

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Stevie Nicks, whose last Saturday Night Live appearance came in December 1983, returned to the late night show at a critical ...

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At the time, Ice-T responded to critics explaining that the song features him “singing in the first person as a character who is fed up with police brutality.” Making it clear that he does not endorse ...

Kevin Costner has released a moving new song to help victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. On Friday, Costner released ...

Until someone else pointed out that the music rights to “Stand by Your Man” and “My Guy,” among others, would completely blow the budget. “And so then Patty and I wrote the songs ...