Music

Aux Cord Chronicles XXI: Your Election Day soundtrack

The emotions we carry with us in the voting booth have always been in the music

Curtis Mayfield created a hybrid of spirit and soul that became the soundtrack for a movement

Mayfield demurred when folks tried to label him a protest singer. Yet he never stopped producing politically charged tunes.

Protest music found a home in contemporary pop

In the streets and on ‘Billboard,’ artists crafted a soundtrack to archive and document this summer’s latest iteration of the fight for Black lives

‘I Can’t Breathe’ is indeed the ‘Music for the Movement’

The four-track EP combines legendary covers and original music, from newcomer Keedron Bryant to rap star Rapsody

‘Another Act’: Alicia Keys on new self-titled album ‘Alicia’ and social activism

Also, she discusses longevity in the music business

Critics of Jay-Z’s deal with the NFL simply misread the man

Excerpt from new book argues Shawn Carter has always been about his business

Why millennials resist giving up on Kanye West

‘His music gave us greater permission to believe in ourselves, and I think that’s the thing we’re grappling with’

With ‘Black is King,’ Beyoncé enters her Africa period with a tale as old as Shakespeare

Like Nina Simone before her, Beyoncé submerges herself in Africa and rises triumphant

Brandy is back after rediscovering herself

The singer discusses releasing her seventh studio album, the responsibility an artist has in society and overcoming adversity