Smokey Robinson has been married to his wife, Frances Robinson (née Gladney), for over two decades. The Motown singer met the interior designer in Los Angeles, but the pair were friends for years ...

Michael Bolton, the hugely popular ballad singer who rose to peak fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, announced Wednesday that he has incurable brain cancer but hopes his situation can inspire ...

Rolling Stone Magazine spoke with eighth-generation Madison County ballad singer Donna Ray Norton about learning the tradition in Sodom Laurel.

Rolling Stone Magazine spoke with eighth-generation Madison County ballad singer Donna Ray Norton about learning the tradition in Sodom Laurel.

Lamar's duet with SZA samples Luther Vandross' 1982 hit "If This World Were Mine." The song was written by Marvin Gaye, who himself recorded it in 1967 as a duet with Tammi Terrell.

KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: With the song "Luther," Kendrick Lamar stakes his claim as that rare thing, a great hip-hop ballad singer. Lamar samples Luther Vandross' "If This World Were Mine." ...