Authorities in China's Xinjiang region are threatening to detain residents over downloading, listening to and sharing ...

Through the decades, downtown Kabul's Ariana Cinema had weathered revolution and war, emerging battered and bruised but still ...

In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

When Sadegh Nojouki fled Tehran for California in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he assumed he’d be back home ...

Bill Maher left progressive news host Ana Kasparian fumbling her words after the pair clashed on his podcast when the comic suggested she would not be able to wear her Western-style clothing in most ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

The conservative Islamic kingdom’s approach to social policy change is often silence and ambiguity. Legalizing alcohol has been no different. By Vivian Nereim Vivian Nereim reported from outside the ...

Just a couple of months ago, Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash said the band was sitting on "so much material" and that a new album was "coming." Guns N' Roses don't necessarily have the best ...

Flea has delivered the first preview of his upcoming solo album set to release in 2026 on Nonesuch Records. The Red Hot Chili Peppers founding bassist worked with a “dream band of modern jazz ...

We are nearing the end of a spectacular year in country music. And these artists still are not taking their foot off the gas. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and ...