Corgi chills out on a bed in a cucumber slumber. It’s a music trend in search of a name. Buzz words like “Chill Hop” and “Jazz Hop” don’t quite capture the essence of this new genre that has no rap in ...

Instrumental music, once relegated to being a background sound for certain activities, has evolved to become a key element of ...

Ever since the lo-fi hip-hop beats craze began to really take off in the early 2010s, the genre—an undeniably modern movement grounded in a nostalgic aesthetic—has been a powerful force in almost ...

Keyboardist James Weir has already made an impression on Chicago’s indie-rock scene in Ne-Hi and spin-off band Spun Out, but with his first album as a bandleader, he leaves the sweaty basement venue ...

Jazz and hip-hop share the same cultural lineage in the music culture. Jazz emerged out of many different types of black music such as slave songs, ragtime and the blues. And much like jazz, hip-hop - ...

A lot of jazz lovers cringe when they hear hip-hop, which is too bad, since the two genres share so much rhythmically and thematically. When it comes to sophisticated syncopation and surprise, the pop ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Andre 3000 attends "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", the 2025 Costume Institute Benefit, at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor ...