Music

Yet four years ago, we were invited to behold a more purely arresting portrait of Sly and the Family Stone, from 1969, by this same director, a snapshot, really, in Questlove’s concert...

David Edward Byrd, who captured the swirl and energy of the 1960s and early ’70s by conjuring pinwheels of color with indelible posters for concerts by Jimi Hendrix, the Who and the...

The National Endowment for the Arts is telling arts groups not to use federal funds to promote “diversity, equity and inclusion” or “gender ideology” in ways that run afoul of President Trump’s...

Philharmonia Orchestra, Oct. 28Expect sparks to fly when Marin Alsop leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, with its eye-popping bursts of instrumental color. In the first half, the elegant...

Independent artist Zimmira is making headlines with the release of her latest single, TikTock, a thought-provoking anthem that confronts society’s tendency to judge others without understanding their stories. The song is a powerful...

In a small home recording studio on a Monday afternoon in January, Jesse Welles sat with a guitar on his lap, dressed head-to-toe in black.Welles, a singer-songwriter with a shaggy, dirty-blond mane...

Outkast, Phish, Chubby Checker, Billy Idol, the Black Crowes and the Mexican band Maná are among the first-time nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.This year’s ballot, announced by the...

The Indie Music Awards (TIMA) is a revolutionary award show created to celebrate the diversity and creativity of independent music. Founded by a passionate indie artist named Jaeigh Gallagher in 2021, TIMA's...

▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube4. Jazmine Sullivan: “Pick Up Your Feelings”The Grammy-winning R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan has a serious Philly musical pedigree: Not only is she a graduate of...

Ye, the rapper and designer formerly known as Kanye West, aired a commercial in some markets during the Super Bowl that promoted a website selling a single product: T-shirts with swastikas.In the...