12 Must-Have Songs for Your Halloween Playlist
Before you go out to your favorite haunted house or visit your favorite witchy woman, be sure to have the proper monster music handy.
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Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Songs
Detroit’s Motown Records will forever be important as a hit factory and an African American-owned label that achieved massive mainstream success and influence.
Esperanza Spalding’s ‘Radio Music Society’ Looks Like a Brilliant Pivot a Decade Later
Ten years ago, Esperanza Spalding reached for greater creative accomplishment while still holding an audience on Radio Music Society. It was a jazz record that got popular without pandering.
Universal Songs? Interpreting Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs in the Key of Life’
Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life is 45 years old. It’s a towering masterpiece in the histories of soul, pop, American music, and Black music worldwide.
Stevie Wonder Takes a Knee as Green Day and Others Also Speak Out at Global Citizen Festival
The 2017 Global Citizen Festival's message for social action was amplified by Stevie Wonder and many other incredible performers and notable guests.
The Isley Brothers and Santana: Power of Peace
At a time of great political and social upheaval, Power of Peace positions itself as a message of love and unity over hate and division.
You’re Such a Lovely Audience: ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’
Celebrating Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with a little help from their friends; Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Joe Cocker, Neil Young and the Mona Lisa Twins.
The Strength of “Anatomy of a Song” Is Found in Its diverse and Impressive Group of Interviewees
A self-described “oral history jukebox” gives behind-the-scenes details about popular songs and the historical circumstances that shaped pop culture as we know it.
Common: Black America Again
Chicago veteran returns with his 11th album, a record that sees Common reinvigorated and at his most potent and inspired, marking another entry into one of the most consistent discographies in hip-hop history.
Songs of the Summers: The ’60s
As it turns out, America's infatuation with sometimes kooky summer tunes is an old one.
Various Artists: The Motown 7s Box Volume 2
The second set of Northern Soul-flavored 7x7"-singles from the legendary soul label highlights just how tough it is to consider the Motown sound objectively these days.