Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

The Case of Mary Ann Burdock that shocked Britain in the first part of the 19th Century Please remember to subscribe and hit ...

Watch and listen to recent highlights, including “The Comet/Poppea,” a Dave Malloy song cycle and a soprano’s surprise turn ...

What was music like in 1959? Better yet, what were the one-hit wonders like from that time period? Were they of the past or future?

In 1969, Motown singer Shorty Long died in a boating accident. He was only 29. A year earlier, Long had scored a top-10 hit with his novelty recording of "Here Comes the Judge," a routine developed by ...

In the Netflix series “This Is Pop,” T-Pain recalls that Usher, his friend, approached him in 2013: “He was like, ‘Man, you kinda f—ked up music.” T-Pain fell into a depression.

Lou Christie, the pop singer who indeed had lightning strike in a big way with his “Lightnin’ Strikes” smash in the 1960s, died Wednesday at 82, his family announced on social media.

BOOK EXCERPT This book illustrates how a robust cultural milieu in the 19th century modernised Calcutta An excerpt from ‘Modernity in Indian Art: Reflections’, edited by Harsha V Dehejia.

Speaking of Britney Spears, we couldn’t leave out the turn-of-the-century pop album …Baby One More Time. Britneymania was inescapable after the release of this album in 1999.

The stage is set, the lights are warming up and the SEND Community Theater is preparing to transport audiences to the 1800s with their summer production of Twain’s Tales adapted ...

It seems easy, but it's not!". A third shared: "Thanks for sharing, first time I hear it without the strings. Music composition in the 20th century doesn't get better than this. Beatles forever." ...