Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by ...

The majestic multi-instrumentalist changed the course of soul music and did it with Blackness as the focal point of his iconic career.

Released as a 78 B-side ("Lost in the Night" was on the A-side), "Merry Christmas, Baby" has become a timeless holiday ...

Ranking albums is dumb… We all know this. Art isn’t a competition. I can’t really distinguish between my 13th favorite album and my 15th favorite. This is all talk. None of it really matters. Of ...

Here is the third part of our playlist of the essential 100 (or so) tunes to come out of Scotland. It marks eleventh year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

She relocated to Los Angeles before COVID-19, moved back to Minnesota after, opened a restaurant in Stillwater and started a family. And yet it sounds like Caroline Smith has picked up right where she ...

CHARLOTTE – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools announced that LaTresha Wilson of Tuckaseegee Elementary has been named the 2026 ...

Vallejo hip-hop artist E-40 is sponsoring his third annual toy drive at Shiloh Community Church on Saturday. There will be ...

Elle Varner hooked listeners with Refill’s fiddle-driven R&B, blending vulnerability and groove into a timeless slow jam that ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...