The Afghan Whigs are celebrating a milestone anniversary this year, marking 40 years since the band started back in 1986 in ...

AMHERST — On Friday night, Afghan traditional music virtuoso Salar Nader and his Afghan Music Project played The Drake in Amherst. The tabla artist and another traditional master musician, Quraishi, ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "House of I" single artwork. (Royal Cream/BMG) The Afghan Whigs have premiered a new song called "House of I." "Laid this one down ...

Though they've kept up their usual habit of doing cover songs, it's been a while since we've heard new original music from the Afghan Whigs. That drought ends today, however, with "House Of I," their ...

Afghan Whigs are back with their first new music in nearly four years. Where 2022’s How Do You Burn? was on the pristine side, “House Of I” has that classic, gritty Afghan Whigs sound with that ...

In 2021, pianist and composer Arson Fahim left Afghanistan to study at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge. Less than two weeks later, the Taliban shut down his alma mater, the ...

A member of a beloved rock band recently revealed a music superstar unexpectedly gave the band one of its biggest songs. But the connection went beyond that. “He would come to our shows and sit in,” ...

This weekend, we’re thinking about the stories that we don’t often hear. An opera company that uplifts the voices of historically marginalized artists organizes a showcase of youth performers. There’s ...

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed ...

The band's new single 'Psychological' is their first in nine years and is available everywhere now Alex Ross is a Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2022 and previously worked at E! News ...

Krista McCay is a writer specializing in video game guides and walkthroughs. She first entered the industry in 2022 while studying English at UC Santa Barbara and working part-time as an editor. It ...