Jazz thrives in cities with history: New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago. These cities are also places where you’d expect a new festival to pop up and have success, taking full advantage of a ...

Despite turning a half century old this year, Hip Hop music is showing no signs of slowing down. If anything, it’s expanding faster than DJ Kool Herc was spinning records in the Bronx on August 11, ...

There’s a new sub-genre of rap music being birthed out of Memphis, a combination of both Hip-Hop and blues. Al Kapone, who’s behind the “Whoop That Trick,” is working magic in the studio by combining ...

lack music is a big house with a lot of rooms,” says pianist, composer, and producer Robert Glasper. A musical unicorn who has crystallized multiple genres into his own distinct brand, Glasper’s ...

Jessie Sears / OPB At first listen, the music of the hip-hop artist “Blue Flamez” appears to be fairly typical of the genre. There’s the fast rapping, electronic samples and loops, galloping rhythms ...

The Music at the Intersection festival is on year number four in St. Louis, Missouri, with funk, jazz, hip hop and blues genres reigning. The Sept. 14-15 music lineup includes more than 50 national, ...

NEW ORLEANS - On July 2, 2023, at the Essence Festival of Culture, three of hip hop's elites, Michael "Blue" Williams, an entertainment manager at Family Tree Entertainment, Drew Dixon, a former A&R ...

Celebrated Olivier Award-winning Hip-Hop dance theatre company Boy Blue will mark its 25th anniversary in a revival of its international hit show ‘Cycles,' performed to live music in Roundhouse's ...

Boy Blue brings its new show, dense with dance and rootsy British hip-hop, to Lincoln Center. By Brian Seibert The dancers of Boy Blue, a London hip-hop dance company, move with extraordinary ...

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...