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

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 ...

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 - ...

We're lucky to live in a time when musicians are no longer bound by genre or musical boxes. The new guard of soulful, improvising artists on the scene today — musicians such as Kamasi Washington, ...

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 ...

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