(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think about the artists who have truly moved me—who’ve stopped me mid-task, mid-thought, mid-life—Tracy Chapman is always at the top of that list. Her voice is like a soft ...

Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” was written nearly 40 years ago, but we’re now in year two of its second life—and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Chapman, now 60, released “Fast Car” in 1988 as the ...

A 24-year-old folk singer from Cleveland named Tracy Chapman first captivated millions with a performance at a 1988 tribute concert for Nelson Mandela, which helped turn her song “Fast Car” into a top ...

Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman took home the Song of the Year award at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards Wednesday night for her 1988 song “Fast Car.” A 2023 cover by country star Luke ...

In “Pulse,” columnist Madisyn Cunningham ’27 reviews albums that spotlight the Black Queer experience. “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman has been a cultural staple for many, many years. Released in 1988, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland native Tracy Chapman stole the show at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, making a surprise appearance to sing her 1988 hit, “Fast Car,” in a duet with Luke Combs. whose cover ...

"I'm sorry I couldn't join you all tonight," Chapman, who could not attend the ceremony, wrote in a pre-written note read by presenter Sara Evans. "It is truly an honor for my song to be newly ...

Who knows why those songs of yearning spoke to Chester Combs. But they did. Written and sung by a woman who grew up poor and Black in the urban North, they appealed to Chester, a man who grew up white ...

Cleveland-born singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman will perform her 1988 hit “Fast Car” at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards in a duet with Luke Combs, whose cover of the song became a No. 1 country hit last ...

“When we got to the first rehearsal, we had tears in our eyes,” bassist Larry Klein tells PEOPLE Kevin Winter/Getty; Steve Granitz/WireImage Tracy Chapman and her band returned to the stage Sunday ...