Thom Duffy

For Ani DiFranco — singer, songwriter, poet and activist — the social and political causes close to her heart have been under attack since the presidential election of 2016.

The songs of Jackson Browne have always gone right to the heart, whether describing a lover’s touch, a migrant’s dream or an environmentalist’s lament. For five decades now, his m…

At a time when the music business — and the wider culture — grapples with gender inequity, scientists in New York, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, have taken the issue to…

The experience of Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid offers lessons in how any artist, manager or promoter can responsibly source t-shirts and other concert garb.

Margo Price Speaks Out At Farm Aid 2021Margo Price wowed the crowd during the return of Farm Aid at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Conn., on Sept. 25.

Farm Aid returned in person on Sept. 25 at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Conn. Here are 14 things that changed -- or didn’t -- at this year’s event.

For nearly five decades, the music club Toad’s Place in New Haven, Conn. has earned an outsized national reputation that has drawn superstars including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel -- and most memorably the Rolling Stones -- to its 750-capacity room.

“I can’t imagine that 50 years have gone by,” Gary P. Nunn tells Billboard.

In his first show since sister Bobbie’s death, Willie Nelson played a benefit for Farm Aid the night before Thursday’s Luck Reunion festival.

A video from Noel Paul Stookey accompanies “Ukrainian Now!” a call for solidarity and support for the nearly six million people who have fled the nation since war began.

The rocker and activist is one of three artists to be honored May 14 by the freedom education and human rights project John Brown Lives!

Bearded and dressed in black, Browne looked the part of a spiritual music master — guiding listeners through mysteries of the heart and the turmoil of a troubled world.

The Willie Nelson-headlined event focused on the challenge family farmers face amid the climate crisis.

Billboard Women in Music 2023 reveals list of top executives in the music business.

Billboard Women in Music: Every executive of the year from 2005 to present day.

The unannounced set by Dylan helped close the event held to benefit family farmers.

“My background, my racial mixture, my past, the music that went through my house, it all comes out in my music,” says the singer in a film that premiered at the DOC NYC festival.

Our annual list of money counselors that artists and executives rely upon to foretell their financial futures.

The documentary explores the connections between mental health and creativity, against the backdrop of musical invention.

The executives who are driving success outside the United States have contributed to a ninth consecutive year of growth for the global recorded-music business.