Across the world, marriage customs reflect deep-rooted beliefs, traditions, and social values. While some rituals celebrate beauty and togetherness, others can seem shocking or even painful by modern ...

When Billie Holiday dared to sing Strange Fruit — a haunting protest against lynchings — she became a target. The head of the ...

Rare relics of Ancient Rome were recently found at a fort in northern England — including a 2,000-year-old piece of fruit. In an announcement from the Northumberland National Park, officials said in ...

A 61-year-old is behind bars, accused of sexually assaulting a woman he did not know after leaving an Opelika bar. Pelle Alvin Jolanda Degucci is charged with first-degree rape. He was taken into ...

The first time I heard “Situation” by Yaz, a British synth-pop duo, I was in a lesbian club filled with mostly closeted college women in Syracuse, N.Y. With Alison Moyet’s soulful, sexy vocals ...

Bartees Strange has released a new EP, Shy Bairns Get Nowt, on 4AD. It features six tracks—five new songs and a new version of “Baltimore” produced by Jack Antonoff. Stream it below, followed by ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, Ella Langley released a new song called “Choosin’ Texas,” a track about Texans loyalty to their state. In the song, Langley tells a story about how she couldn’t keep her man, a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – You have to hand it to the folks coordinating music for fans at Progressive Field: They maintain an impressive catalog cutting across multiple genres. Interestingly, six of the most ...

The All Things Go festival is celebrating a decade with All Things Go: 10 Years, a benefit compilation benefiting Jack Antonoff’s charity the Ally Coalition. Bartees Strange is doing his part by ...

Star Trek‘s utopian vision for an equal society, especially in terms of gender equality, has always been a complicated aspect of its idealized vision. It’s true that the franchise has a legacy of ...

The former poet laureate gathers new work and selections from her 20-year career in Startlement. During your laureateship, how did you balance bringing poetry into public spaces with the privacy ...

This unsettling yet beautifully arranged song has really stood the test of time. “People Are Strange” is definitely in the Top 10 of The Doors’ most memorable songs. It’s a little bit spooky, a little ...