For decades, the FBI has kept a close eye on Black musicians and other artists they saw as a threat to the status quo.

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Marvin Gaye’s cover of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. In addition to the Hot 100, it also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B ...

I first met Brian Wilson in early 1962 at a record shop in Culver City when the Beach Boys were doing an in store appearance to promote their record “Surfin’” on the Candix label. In 1965 I talked to ...

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has died aged 82, his family has announced. Wilson formed the group in the early 60s ...

She debuts the album's title track at Tuffy's Music Box on Friday, ahead of the full record release later this summer. The ...

People" to "Dance to the Music," these are Sly & the Family Stone's best songs and greatest hits, a tribute to the legacy of ...

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

The lack of modern protest music is a phenomenon decades in the making, but now the silence is louder than ever.