This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat on KCRW. For many, music is the universal language that speaks when ordinary words cannot. Often an instrument for social change, music will be speaking very ...

Over the last few decades, the music business has been rocked to its core several times. In fact, there have been times when there were many well-informed observers and experts who openly worried that ...

The foundation of modern American music rests upon the revolutionary contributions of Black artists who transformed genres, broke cultural barriers, and established creative standards that continue ...