Music

National

Angie Stone, soul singer who broke ground in hip-hop, dies at 63

Kristin Wright

Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You. She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday.
National

David Johansen, who fronted the New York Dolls, dies at 75

Annie Zaleski

Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

Detroit closes out Black History Month by honoring iconic legends of jazz and blues

Sylvia Jarrus

The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History Month
Racial Justice and Social Equity

Black Gospel Archive fills gaps in gospel music history

Molly-Jo Tilton

The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now, it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.
Westside Gunn isn't too good to be true

Sheldon Pearce

Hustler rappers like Gunn traffic in street tales that feel larger than life. That doesn't mean they're not "real."
Panda Bear navigates a bold new world: the uncertainty of middle age

Andy Beta

For most of the '00s, Panda Bear helped define the sound of youthful, ramshackle indie rock. On Noah Lennox's eighth album, Sinister Grift, the artist focuses on the shifting relationships and faltering memories of midlife, with a fleshed out band behind him.
Science & Technology

Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew

Manuela López Restrepo

The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.
Arts & Culture

San Diego arts picks in March: Birds, craft on the border, musical picnics and more

Julia Dixon Evans

Our roundup of art and culture to discover in San Diego this month: Visual art, music, theater, dance, outdoor festivals, books, film and more. Up first: "Border Craft," Matt Devine, "All the Places We Belong," Picnic at the Park, "We Are Continuous," "Places We Love" and the San Diego Bird Festival.
Isaiah Collier explores 400 years of Black history — one movement at a time

Sarah Geledi

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier's The Story of 400 Years is a sweeping suite that traces Black American history from the Middle Passage to today — and the personal and historical moments that shaped it.
The 2025 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked

Stephen Thompson

This year's race — which includes beloved stars, up-and-coming talents and a pair of songs from a successful but controversial musical — feels wide open. That doesn't mean all the songs are equally worthy.