For Deborah Smith Pollard, the music was "in her bones." That's how Michigan's poet laureate, Melba Joyce Boyd, described her late friend, the award-winning gospel scholar, professor, author and ...

Former Athens Poet Laureate Mikhayla Smith has released a new spoken-word and music album. "The Gospel as Told By Black Love" explores themes of family, romance, ancestry, and resistance. The project ...

The Detroit Tigers are swapping relievers. Left-handed reliever Enmanuel De Jesus has been optioned to Triple-A Toledo, and right-handed reliever Burch Smith has been called up. The Tigers made the ...

Yellowstone star Forrie J. Smith plays cowboy Lloyd Pierce on TV. But did you know that he’s also a cowboy in real life? Creator Taylor Sheridan, who is another real life cowboy, has gone to great ...

The New York Times reporter Joe Coscarelli met with Taylor Swift in Los Angeles to talk about the craft of songwriting. The New York Times Magazine polled more than 250 music insiders and gathered six ...

For a wonderful few minutes, the stage of Monmouth University’s Pollack Theater felt like a scene out of a delirious rock and roll fever dream. It was the grand finale of the fourth annual American ...

Ella Langley's song "Bottom of Your Boots" — a fan-favorite off her Dandelion album — is one of only two songs on the project that could rightfully be considered a love song. But it wasn't inspired by ...

After 55 years of collaboration, Lenny Kaye still managed to surprise Patti Smith when he played her his new album, Goin’ Local, due July 17. “I never heard you sound like this,” she told him. The ...

Texas A&M running back E.J. Smith participated in Dallas Day, the Cowboys’ annual workout day for local prospects. That gave Cowboys fans hope that Smith might sign with the hometown team and follow ...

Some scientists are wondering if we could mimic the energy-efficient processes of the human brain to improve AI systems. A new study successfully used an aerosol jet printer to create artificial ...

A former Malcolm in the Middle star is stepping in to defend a longtime costar who has stayed away from the spotlight. As fresh attention builds around the show’s revival, Justin Berfield is making it ...