Denyce Graves, a celebrated opera singer, is closing the chapter on her 45-year career and transitioning to directing while continuing to inspire young artists through her foundation.

The once lost and rare 1975 demo, which predates Blondie's iconic Heart of Glass, uncovers the band's disco roots and creative evolution.

Songs of survival, defeat and hope swept through cotton fields in the antebellum south. Slaves used them to navigate a brutal ...