The City Paper Music Awards offers an annual opportunity to celebrate the best in local music. This year, CP readers voted for their favorite artists across genres including country, reggae, hip-hop, ...

Having formed a teenage band with Neil Young, Rick James, the nephew of one of the Temptations, eventually shot to fame in the 70s after signing to Motown. His 1981 Street Songs album featured the ...

The legendary Muscle Shoals studio defined the sound of Southern soul before becoming one of the go-to studios for the biggest ... James was struck by Hall’s feel for the music: “Rick Hall ...

It's based on the characters written by the best-selling author James Patterson and is already ... step-siblings will do anything to stay on top. This list focuses on shows that have premiered ...

The pair of ’80s pop rock heartthrobs dish about their decades-old friendship before taking the stage together for three ...

James Taylor epitomizes for many the easygoing songwriter archetype. His smooth, distinct vocals project friendliness and ...

On this tour, we are doing all 10 of the songs from ‘Ten to One,’ and a couple from ‘Iconic.’ Our fans also like to hear the way even the biggest hits we had have changed over the years of ...

As she plots what’s next, and possibly works on new musical material—in between her multiple other careers—fans of the singer have turned several of her biggest hits into chart wins again.

Thriller sold more than 20 million copies in 1983 alone and has contended with the Eagles’ Greatest Hits 1971-1975 among others as the best-selling album of all time. “If an album doesn’t do ...