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 ...

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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A Southerner’s first-person narrative, it romanticizes the pro-slavery South in much the same way that the Daughters of the Confederacy and the song “Dixie” do, spinning the Civil War’s ...

Discover how Black musicians are revolutionizing modern music, from pioneering new genres to influencing global trends.

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 ...

Sex is good. Reproductive rights for everyone? Even better. On Tuesday, Noise for Now revealed the track list for Tift Merritt’s album initiative Songs for Sex, featuring Jason Isbell and the ...

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 ...

Pink Floyd sold the band’s recordings and likeness to Sony Music for $400M. The deal had reportedly stalled due to feuding ...