In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

This essay is a preview of Redemption Songs, an upcoming limited-run Marshall Project newsletter that dives into the music ...

"Unchained Melody" is among the most ubiquitous love songs of the last 100 years, but it started out as a prison song.

Many country music fans recognize that songs about jail are a recurring theme within the genre. In fact, several country music albums focus solely on the experience of being incarcerated, moving ...

Sonoma County residents will be able to watch and listen Monday morning to a string quartet performing music created and composed by men incarcerated at the Sonoma County jail. The concert, set to ...

Music, more than a product or anything else, is a sacred act. That's the prevailing premise of director Contessa Gayles' award-winning Songs From The Hole, a 90-minute documentary on Netflix that ...

Lil Wayne has recorded his first song since leaving prison. The singer, who was released from jail earlier this month, is said to have recorded a track with a similar energy to his 2008 hit 'A Milli' ...