Along with Mütiilation’s “My Way,” Vondur’s “Love Me Tender” arguably ranks among the most amusing black metal covers of all time. Vondur’s take on Elvis Presley ironically epitomizes the very essence ...

In 2023, Batiste sat down with CNN’s Chris Wallace for an episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” which streams on Max.

Sometimes when a song is released into the world, it hits right away. In the first week, it rockets up the charts and becomes a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. But other times, that is not the ...

When hip-hop music was created in the late 1970s, one of the founding tenets was that sampled other genres to create something new. One of those staples was James Brown music. DJs would take the ...

When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in ...

Aerosmith may have studied under the greatest in hard rock, but Steven Tyler initially thought this piece of brilliance would ...

Along the way, Legend lent his talent to other stars’ recordings, including piano for Lauryn Hill’s 1998 hit “Everything is ...

Featuring: The Cure, Amyl & The Sniffers, Nilüfer Yanya, The The, Mogwai, Kate Bolinger, The Wolfgang Press, The Innocence ...

Country music was as much a state of mind and geographic location as it was a musical style. Sure, it had resonator guitars.

This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the ... The below songs are ordered by release date, starting with the most ...

Columbia Records Friday marks the 50th anniversary of Billy Joel’s third studio album, Streetlife Serenade, which was a top 40 hit for the future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Released Oct. 11, 1974, the ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...