Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Services were held this weekend in Chicago for gospel singer Rodessa Barrett Porter. Barrett-Porter was the last surviving member of the legendary gospel group The Barrett Sisters.

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" inspired Paul McCartney to sing in-character on one of his solo songs.

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The songwriter who penned "Puff the Magic Dragon" and was part of an iconic anti-war folk group in the 1960s died Tuesday.

Longtime readers of the New York Times know that opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof can be prone to outlandish claims. Years ago he promoted the amusing idea that the biblical Jesus favored big ...

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney were an unrivalled song-writing partnership but their relationship soured in the late 1960s. Tensions within The Beatles simmered in the second half of the decade ...