From watching his father perform with jazz luminaries as a child to producing for hip-hop royalty, Karriem Riggins has spent his life at the intersection of musical worlds. The Detroit native, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. D’Angelo on stage at the Brixton Academy in London in 2000 - Independent/Alamy D’Angelo, the American musician who has died of ...

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...

Last year, the festival earned New Times ’ Best Music Festival award for 2025, a title that naturally raises expectations.

The final day of Music at the Intersection 2025 wasn’t just a concert, it was a definitive statement. With hip hop serving as the heartbeat of the festival’s closing moments, De La Soul commanded the ...

The Black Radio Experience, an offshoot of the Blue Note Jazz Festival, runs Friday through Sunday at the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa. Now in its fourth year, the festival highlights Black ...

Hip-hop artist Akua Naru explores the myriad experiences of Black women through jazz and soul. She is also Harvard University’s Nasir Jones fellow at the Hutchin Center for African and African ...

CBUS Soul Fest is returning Downtown to Genoa Park this summer, bringing with it a day of good food, good music and a whole lot of soul. Now in its third year, the festival, hosted by the Columbus ...

Newly announced artists include alt-jazz hip-hop outfit De La Soul, who will be headlining Sunday with their only UK full ...

When the origins of sampling in Hip-hop come up in conversation nowadays, many people tend to look to the more innovative examples. From using bits of ...

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...