Phil Collins and Steve Hackett first appeared on 1971's Nursery Cryme and 1972's Foxtrot, and they'd both have career-shifting influences on the group – even if Hackett's tenure was far shorter. The ...

Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul documents the tremendous impact immigrants from Jamaica had on the Canadian music scene in ...

Gwen McCrae, the popular singer who rose to popularity in the mid-1970s, has died. She was 81. No cause of death was reported. Rock frontman facing 3 years in prison for calling Italian Prime Minister ...

Sixteen years after guitarist Coleman Mellett was killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, his family sees the release of his album “Sing You a Brand New Song" as a powerful ...

The soul icon who formed the group with the late Curtis Mayfield, notched 38 career Billboard Hot 100 singles over his long ...

Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, a singer with Curtis Mayfield's Impressions and a Windy City politician, has died. He was 85 ...

The walls of Fame Studios tell the story of its rich history, with every item in the building holding significance.

Whatever it was, there was special excitement Wednesday night at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was the return to the ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it has impacted the sounds of today. Today, let’s highlight some of the ...

Music has evolved throughout the decades, but even with the current musical climate, no one can deny the impact of the 1970s.

The eminent hard-bop pianist’s 1968 Blue Note album found him embracing the counterculture zeitgeist.

As the guitarist said at Theater on the Lake, the only thing the band has in common with the one-hit wonders they were ...