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Otis Redding III, who proudly followed in his famous dad's music footprints, passed away in a hospital in Macon, Georgia at the age of 59

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The creative juices wouldn’t stop flowing for Huntington Beach’s Dirty Heads as they were recording the 10-track album “Midnight Control,” which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s alternative albums chart last year. Vocalist Jared Watson also described it as one of the best albums the band…

Grammy-nominated singer Lana Del Rey is reportedly set to tie the knot after it was claimed she is now engaged to talent agency managing partner Evan Winiker

Two actors will make their ‘Saturday Night Live’ debuts as hosts next month — Quinta Brunson and Ana de Armas

RALEIGH, N.C. — Durham-based country music artist Rissi Palmer is the subject of a new PBS American Masters documentary, which hometown folks got a chance to see ahead of its television premiere.

The singer’s record-breaking success spotlights the divide between coastal city culture and what’s played elsewhere

Shakira's new music has broken multiple Guinness World Records, including Music Sessions Vol. 53 topping the charts

The lead vocalist of Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five has hit back at Billboard's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time list, arguing that Eminem only made the list because he's white

NEW YORK — R&B legend Chuck Jackson, who inspired Dionne Warwick and a legion of jazz greats and counted New York’s Apollo Theater as a second home, has died. He was 85.