Who: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. What: Old-school R&B group with seven instrumentalists and a "quiet storm" singer as its frontman. When: 9:30 p.m. Friday, after opening act Earthquake, a stand-up ...

Bang your fucking head to “Blood Tribute,” the new song from Italian death dealers Maze of Sothoth. Though they’ve been a band for nigh on 15 years, the quartet move slowly; forming in 2009, they ...

Frankie Beverly performs during day 2 of the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paul Brown Stadium on July 25, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images) That the music of Frankie was ...

But taken in isolation, The Fiery Maze is a strange and undernourished thing: 16 inky musical pinpricks that don’t quite make a tattoo. It’s especially insubstantial when compared with Before Time ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Growing up in Black America makes you familiar with certain things, ...