Music & Culture

Rather than taking on an acid tongue, Prass digs into the sweeter possibilities — that tough times can make people stick together, stand up and be counted and even dance.

Author and label owner Ian Martin takes us on a tour of his history with the underground music scene in Japan.

Dawes returns once again to its greatest specialty: smooth and ingratiating California folk-rock that never bothers to hide its big, beating, bleeding heart.

Through the process of translating his book about Japan's robust independent music scene into the country's native language, an author finds himself reckoning with where he's really at.

Lera Lynn explores the art of the duet with some of roots and Americana music's best and brightest, from newcomers like Dylan LeBlanc to veteran Rodney Crowell.

Renea unfurls her musical vision with the brazenness and conviction of someone expecting her ideas, and maybe even her very existence, to be challenged.

We judge a handful of exuberant stadium anthems written for the 2018 tournament. Will any of them prove as enduring as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"? Or will they sink into oblivion?

The museum in Aberdeen, Wash. featured an exhibition on the city's most famous son, including a couch Kurt Cobain slept on during the fall of 1985 and a bench from outside his home in Seattle.

The Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am paired a handful of musicians, including Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Lil Yachty, with professional video game players.

The D.C. rapper brought quite the crew to his Tiny Desk performance.