Ever hum Elvis Presley in the shower? Have you ever had Aerosmith looping in your head in a waiting room? Why are these damn ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Current is exploring the origins of Black music in America, what came after, and how it ...

The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...