A special concert supporting Afghan musicians, featuring a 100+ member orchestra and rubab artist Qais Essar, will take place ...

Th Afghan rapper's journey is a call to action, urging women to support one another and the world to take responsibility for ...

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The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this ...

The news of the passing of Ghanaian highlife star Ebo Taylor on 7 February 2026 felt less like the loss of a public musical figure and more like the closing of a living chapter of Ghanaian musical ...

The producer and songwriter has been responsible for some of this century’s biggest hits. His greatest skill may be remaining curious.

It's a big week for women in country music — and, it turns out, for women whose songs are favored by women in figure skating.

Peso Pluma is sitting on an equipment box backstage at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Right after singing his biggest hits for the sold-out crowd, With his third arena tour and a joint album ...

Last year, the people of New York elected a new mayor in democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, an ex-rapper who once sent Stereogum his music. Mamdani is not the only rapper to become a governmental ...

Last month, well-known Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi released a song titled “Auschwitz,” about the regime’s brutal crackdown ...

A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.