Topics. MUHI 450: Topics in Music History. Bach in Context (Bennett, McClary) | This course locates Bach within his cultural context: his training, professional positions, the composers who influenced ...

To celebrate the golden anniversary of hip-hop, we rounded up 35 essential hits. These songs were hugely significant for the genre's growth and made an impact on the music industry.

Shaboozey Says the ‘True History’ of Country Music Cannot Be Erased After Viral Side-Eye Moment at the AMAs “The real history of country music is about people coming together despite their ...

As of 2025, the most covered song in music history is George Gershwin’s 'Summertime,' with over 2,100 recorded renditions. First performed in the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess , its lasting appeal ...

Taylor Swift will never, ever, ever get tired of breaking records and making history, it seems. Time magazine named the singer its 2023 Person of the Year.

How Women Made Music, a new book from NPR Music and edited by Alison Fensterstock, centers and celebrates that radical history by compiling archival interviews, essays and images from the past 50 ...

Once upon a time, when Seattle was at the epicenter of the global grunge music phenomenon, there was a scrappy little paper called The Rocket covering it all, from a front row seat. Until now, the ...