Country stars Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, Brandi Carlile, Little Big Town, Martina McBride and Ashley McBryde will join Wynonna Judd on tour this fall.

Only solo studio albums were considered, meaning no live albums, shared billings, or compilations.

The country singer defeated Huntergirl and Leah Marlene on Sunday to become the first Kentuckian to win the long-running singing competition.

Two vital American musicians met and jammed together in the summer of 2011 when legendary singer Mavis Staples visited her good friend Levon Helm of The Band in Woodstock, New York. Staples and her band spent five or six days with Helm and his band, playing music and telling stories. It was the last time they would meet; Helm died in 2012. A record of their last meeting together is finally being released — “Carry Me Home.” The setlist mixes vintage gospel and soul with timeless folk and blues, including “This Is My Country” by Curtis Mayfield and “The Weight” by Robbie Robertson. The album is set for release Friday.

Here's a look at the albums that made the 1970s one of the most interesting decades in music history.

Listeners can hear what the Wednesday Music Club’s new piano can do during a celebratory solo recital on Sunday afternoon.

Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film "Chariots of Fire," has died at 79.

IndieHeads will present Charlottesville's Orion and the Melted Crayons on a bill with Richmond-based indie-rock outfit Midnite Taxi and University of Virginia emo-rock band Yard Sale.