Modern pop music emerged in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. In its true form, pop music is a combination of musical types or genres. There are influences from the jazz era ...

This summer’s “Trap,” from M. Night Shyamalan, works hard to turn its fictional star — and her fans — into heroes. By Robert Rubsam Last fall, I went with friends to see a popular British rock band at ...

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...