Courtney E Smith

Roughly one in four women will have one. You probably know one of them, whether she’s told you about it or not. As of 2017, they’re at a record low rate in America, thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that birth control is covered by private insurance as out-of-pocket costs. That’s right: we’re talking about abortion.

2020 finds the Recording Academy’s board facing their biggest woman problem yet: their newest CEO and president, Deborah Dugan.

With the release of the documentary Bad Reputation, Joan Jett has taken a moment to look back on her life.

Texas is home to one of the most-watched Senate races in the country, with incumbent Ted Cruz polling ahead of challenger Beto O’Rourke by a smaller margin than the party is used to — or comfortable with.

Kacey Musgraves has released the best album of her career, but you're unlikely to hear any singles from it on country radio.

Coachella has emerged as the defining music event of festival season. Despite its pedigree, it has fallen short in one area: the lack of women on its lineup for most of its history.

Yola is putting her own spin on country — plus folk and Americana — despite the long and historic struggles in those genres for Black women.

There are multiple ways to earn money from a song or album in the music industry and royalties derived from master recordings are a big one.

Music is a powerful tool that can inspire intense, usually pleasurable feelings. It does something chemically to our brains when we hear and perform it.

Miranda Lambert talks about writing her 2019 album, Wildcard; meeting her husband; and being the star of tabloid magazines.

At least nine women have been shot to death since Friday in America, many of them by intimate partners and family members.

Stevie Nicks will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She becomes the first woman to have the honor twice (following 22 men who have been double-inducted).

Two of the deadliest shootings in modern American history have taken place in Texas. So what’s going to happen to Texas gun control laws? If the trend continues, they’re going to become more lenient.

This “resistance” at the Grammys after #MeToo is more of a last-minute grassroots campaign.

It's been five years since the last Best Coast album, the longest stretch in the band's history. That's because its primary songwriter and frontwoman, Bethany Cosentino, had a lot of things to figure out.