"I was running from being pigeon-holed as an R&B soul singer," says the Missouri native, who is creating a community of genre-defiant Black female artists in Music City ...

Amanda McBroom, who played Captain Louvois in the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Measure of a Man,” is actually a veteran singer and songwriter as well as an actor. She wrote the ...

There’s one 1970s love song that offers hope in the face of heartbreak, and that’s the emotional 1979 hit "The Rose" by Bette Midler. Unlike many love songs, the iconic hit doesn't focus on romance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. The Korean indie rock band The Rose performs at Madison ...