Nigerian singer Tems performs during the Blankets and Wine event held at Laureate Gardens in Nairobi on September 28, 2025.

Joan Shelley, Lola Young and the return of Sarah McLachlan. Kyle Meredith from WFPK in Louisville joins Stephen Thompson to ...

Dan Gentile is the senior culture editor at SFGATE, where he has covered music, movies and San Francisco subcultures since 2019. Previously he was the founding editor of Thrillist Austin and worked as ...

Country music is rooted in Americana, with heartfelt stories of small-town life highlighting a focus on family, faith and fun. The genre, which dates back to the early 1920s, is now reaching new ...

Women in the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, have taken on greater roles in society and the workplace over the past decade, ...

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards started and ended with a bang! Some of the music industry’s most recognizable names in pop, rock, hip-hop and more genres came together to perform, present and accept ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

Arizona is about to hit the busiest and tastiest time of the year: event season. As the scorching summer finally gives way to cooler evenings, the Valley transforms into a hub of festivals, fairs and ...

While MTV’s Video Music Awards—aka the VMAs—have honored the art of music videos since the ’80s, the beloved awards show is also responsible for introducing some of the most iconic live performances ...

From special honors for Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin and Busta Rhymes to performances by Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae and Doja Cat, here are some highlights from Sunday's ceremony. By Kimberly Nordyke, ...

It was a night for the icons. On Sunday, the 2025 Video Music Awards returned to UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, as some of the biggest stars in music got their due in the most dragged-out way possible ...