P-Funk guitarist Michael "Kidd Funkadelic" Hampton takes UCR through his whole career, including the story of how he learned ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returned to the trumpet, for a new record featuring Nick Cave, Thom Yorke and a core cast of contemporary jazz luminaries.

Best known for Joining Parliament Funkadelic at age 17, and over the past 50 years playing more than 5,000 shows in 400 cities across six continents with them, totaling over 10,000 hours on stage. I ...

Soft rock is often unfairly dismissed as 'dentist office music', but at its peak between 1970 and 1982, it represented the absolute pinnacle of studio craft and melodic sophistication. Emerging from ...

We all have a favorite album that we can listen to from start to finish with zero skips. That type of listening experience is unlike any other, and it takes a special artist/band to pull off that ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx helped shape the sound of salsa. By Ed Morales The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This album cover image released by Atlantic ...

Not surprisingly, these recently-still waters ran deep when Grant spoke with Variety via Zoom from her Nashville home this week to have the first detailed discussion about the new album. The record ...

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by highlighting the most compelling new records you need to hear. Find the best new ...