Michael Jackson's sudden death has thrown the peculiar path of his later life back into the spotlight. He spent much of the ...

With a growling vocal delivery and a dynamic stage presence, Wanda Jackson took the West Coast by storm in the mid-1950s. Dressed in her trademark “shimmy” dresses, she belted out hard-driving ...

Two of Mississippi’s HBCUs and a promotional group have led recent efforts to keep the state’s musical heritage atop the ...