Exploring the origins of rock and roll music video, from the Soundies of the 1940s to the weird and wonderful film work of ...

American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

The Monkees released their movie 'Head'; Gram Parsons' body was stolen; Dylan recorded two classic songs in Nashville; ...

MTV canceled Ridiculousness. How Rob Dyrdek's viral video empire consumed a network and killed its cultural relevance.

There is no American music without Black roots. From country-western, which draws upon banjo music from Africa, to rock 'n' ...

After nearly 15 years on MTV, the comedy-clip show ‘Ridiculousness’ is to be cancelled, it was revealed this week.

The demise of MTV and the new disruption of on-demand platforms reflects a major shift in the global cultural landscape.

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were ...

By Teresa Spencer MTV — once the raging heartbeat of youth culture, rebellion, and eyeliner — is officially pulling the plug. The network that made Madonna a religion and turned flannel into a ...

New book Short Form brings together key voices in screen culture to investigate how we see the practice of filmmaking. Here's ...

My dad still remembers being 13 in 1981, sitting in front of the TV and waiting for his favorite bands to come on. There was ...