Music

It is safe to say that there was no one else like Mark E. Smith.

Biologists and musicians are still wondering a question that goes back more than a century.

Blues guitarist Todd Simpson has a genetic disorder. His family calls his innate musical talent a gift from God. Some scientists wonder if it came from a tiny blip in his DNA.

The Fall is known as one of the defining post-punk bands of the mid-1980s, mixing punk's acerbic attitude with various elements of krautrock, garage rock and art rock.

"[Our] hearts beat with profound loss," the Masekela family said in a statement.

Philadelphia Orchestra musician in residence visits inmates to hear about their lives, experience their surroundings.

After fleeing hurricane devastation, a young pianist gets back on the ivories in Philadelphia.

Valley Day School in Bucks County takes a trauma-informed approach to its students who have behavioral or emotional issues. Singer/songwriter Sam Baker can relate.

In the interest of trying to experience all music, I was fast approaching a saturation point that was rendering me numb.

Hawkins, whose 1970 Grammy-winning hit, "Oh Happy Day" became a crossover pop and r&b hit, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pleasanton, California.

Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of the band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at age 46.

Driver founded the Scoop U.S.A. newspaper for the African-American community, and promoted jazz in Philadelphia. He died last month at 91.

The second annual Philly Loves Bowie Week will feature a new book and documentary film.

Every winter, Harrisburg native and country music singer Ben Gallaher returns to Pennsylvania to play prisons. He visited six of them on this year’s tour.

One year after New Jersey eliminated cash bail, we look at how the new system is working. A son who grew up hunting with his father risk ...