Popular music
George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s melting pot
February 10, 2024
By: The Conversation
‘Time In A Bottle’: Jim Croce’s music continues to inspire 50 years after his life was cut short
September 21, 2023
By: The Conversation
Sinead O’Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
July 30, 2023
By: The Conversation
Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop
June 4, 2023
By: The Conversation
Willie Nelson at 90: Country music’s elder statesman still on the road again
April 28, 2023
By: The Conversation
Burt Bacharach mastered the art of the perfect pop song – and that ain’t easy
February 11, 2023
By: The Conversation
100 years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four eras
July 16, 2022
By: Courier Newsroom
How Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands with a little jazz
October 23, 2021
By: Courier Newsroom