Sixty-eight years ago today, Jerry Lee Lewis released the song that would be his first No. 1 single despite limited radio play.

THE SKINNY: For their third album Hex Key, psych-pop quartet Mamalarky sought inspiration from the bustling street outside their home studio in Los Angeles. Reflecting a slice of the city’s suburbia, ...

But unforgettably, in 1960, Ray Charles recorded the song about his home for his album, The Genius Hits the Road. It went to number one all over America. In 1979, Charles played and sang it before ...

CD1: Introduction; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love; Noddin’ Ya Head Blues; Three or Four Shades of Blue; Koko/Cherokee; For Harry Carney; Cumbia & Jazz Fusion; Solo Piano ...

The pair soon found themselves co-writing songs for an album released in 2008 under the band name Mama, lauded by MOJO’s Colin Irwin as “a pleasingly maverick mix” and by The Irish Times as “Janis ...

Artist Michael Ray Charles discusses his work’s relation to advertising and familiar images in popular culture. ART21: Your work has been identified as being controversial not only for white audiences ...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Raymond Charles Turner, 74, on Saturday, March 19, 2025. He was born to parents Raymond Turner and Mary Louise Turner, on April 13, 1950, in San ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year if you're mad about music: Record Store Day 2025 is just seven sweet days away at the time of publishing (this year, it falls on Saturday, April 12), and it ...

Jon Batiste will be honored with the inaugural Ray Charles “Architect of Sound” Award at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala, the Grammy Museum announced on Thursday. The honor, which builds on the ...

He is the CEO and Founder of Mister Goldfinger Music Group, which released the album, RAY ANGRY ONE and singles from his Public Domain project. Recent projects include a solo piano album ...

Charles Kelley Will Release ‘Songs for a New Moon’ This Summer Songs for a New Moon grew from there. Kelley recently played the album for his first producer, Paul Worley. Worley told him he ...