He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

Formed in the early 1960s, The Freedom Singers—a quartet within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—included Cordell Reagon ...

Everyone gets to show their chops years before "My Musical," from Donald Faison's dulcet tones to Sam Lloyd and Ken Jenkins' ...

Sixty-eight years ago today, an artist who elevated country music in the 1990s by following in his idols' footsteps was born.

A little over a month ago, iconic rocker Brad Arnold was telling fans how thankful he was to still be here to celebrate another Christmas with his family. Sadly, the Instagram post was to be his last, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, ...

US rock singer and 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold died at the age of 47 from kidney cancer. The band bids him farewell in a moving Instagram post. How a $30 billion welfare program became a 'slush ...

3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold has passed away at the age of 47. The band’s surviving members announced his death via social media on Saturday. “With heavy hearts, we share the news that Brad ...

LOS ANGELES — Rock musician Kid Rock is facing criticism after a line from one of his older songs about “liking” underage girls went viral online. The song, called “Cool, Daddy Cool,” first came out ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Sometime in the mid-two-thousands, when people would still hand you cassette tapes or CDs at shows or in record stores or during hangouts in someone’s parents’ basement or smoke-filled apartment, I ...