There has been a lot of talk about Hip-hop since it dropped from the top of the charts over the past few years. Country music ...

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After 40 years of cutting-edge music and cultural coverage, SPIN celebrated its milestone birthday in style at Back to Basics ...

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Ten years after its first album, Ghost-Note -- formed as an offshoot of Snarky Puppy -- has reached a place co-founders ...

Unclouded occupies a liminal space that is seeking transformation from Prochet’s original sound but is yet to fully detach.

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The Music Publishers Association (MPA) has presented Nile Rodgers with its Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for ...

A long-awaited docuseries about the life of late hip-hop star Nipsey Hussle may finally be released next year. The filmmakers ...