There are numerous bright lights emerging on the fringes of jazz these days. Attracting the acclaim of crowd and critic alike, these groups tend to be more unorthodox, less academic and more political...

Musicians today are in the enviable but difficult position of having nearly infinite options in making music. Genre barriers are porous, musicians work across disciplines and computers can create and sequence...

Fashion week may have birthed more than just a series of fantastic collections this year, this time making an impact in hip-hop music. Hip-hop star and rapper Azealia Banks has been recording since late...