For Be’la Dona, the end of the year wouldn’t feel complete without a return to The Birchmere. On Dec. 28, the pioneering ...

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 ...

On Dec. 21, 1953, GRAMMY winner Betty Wright was born in Miami, Florida. Wright started out as a gospel singer, singing ...

Explore the best rap and R&B music videos of 2025, from Doechii’s sitcom chaos to Offset’s symbolic visuals. Watch the full ...

As the winter season settles into the Verde Valley, singer/ keyboardist Shaeri Richards shares two evenings of music that are ...

The rapper known as Kay Flock has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood, derailing a music career that was just taking off before his 2021 ...

Neo-Soul singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. His death was confirmed by his former manager Kedar Massenberg and other sources ...

Donna Summer has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the hall said. The Queen of Disco is known for ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Dec. 14-20 include ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ a ska band, an emo artist, a Hartford celebrity, ...

While the joyous holiday is often embodied by the eight-slotted menorah and the nightly lighting of colorful candles ...

Though 2025 lacked one big beautiful pop story, there were plenty of smaller moments worthy of our notice. Lock in now, and ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 — after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end ...