MUSIC

Dolly Parton — the Queen of Country, songwriter of more than 3,000 songs, movie star, businesswoman, and humanitarian — died Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 in Nashville. She was 80.

By the middle of the twentieth century, American music had already traveled an extraordinary distance. The spirituals of enslaved Africans had evolved into gospel, the blues had become a language of emotion and survival, ragtime had introduced syncopation to mainstream audiences, and jazz had transformed improvisation into one of the world’s most sophisticated musical art forms.

Sean Paul began his musical career in 1996 and has attracted international attention that has seen him releasing six studio albums. The performer has been given the nod of approval by numerous international musical governing bodies and boasts 7 Grammy nominations as well as the 2006 American Music Award for favorite Pop/Rock Male Artiste.

Part Two: From Spirituals to the Birth of Jazz, How African American Music Became the Foundation of Modern America. Reconstruction promised freedom, but equality remained elusive. Amid uncertainty, violence, and economic hardship, one enduring source of strength remained: music.

In her haunting new visual for “petal”, Grande sheds the pastel pop fantasy for something far more fragile, surreal, and striking — a raw and ethereal deconstruction of beauty, fame, and femininity.

Long before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776, before jazz echoed through the streets of New Orleans, before Elvis Presley stood before a microphone at Sun Studio, before Aretha Franklin transformed pain into power, before Kendrick Lamar turned poetry into protest, there was music.

McCreary, known worldwide for his work on God of War, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Outlander, and Battlestar Galactica, broke new musical ground in 2024 with the release of his hard-rock concept album The Singularity. The three-time Emmy Award winner played to packed houses around Europe in 2025 with his Themes & Variations tour (which featured selections from The Singularity).

Multi-platinum singer, songwriter, producer, and actor Tank returns with his latest single, “Yes,” delivering a fresh interpretation of Floetry’s beloved Neo-Soul classic “Say Yes.”

Tyla continues her dominant march towards her forthcoming sophomore studio album, A*POP, today with the release of her new single, “IS IT LOVE”. The song, which follows the bombshell releases of TYLA’s previous singles “She Did It Again”

Clive Davis, one of the most influential record moguls in music history and the mastermind behind the careers of Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Earth, Wind & Fire, Alicia Keys and dozens of other artists, has died at 94.