In his latest feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Inspection' director asks who gets credited for their contributions ...

Director Elegance Bratton juxtaposes many elements, from interviews to reenactments, to inventively tell the origin story of ...

While interesting, Elegance Bratton’s documentary falls short of being the definitive voice on Chicago’s role in house music ...

House music’s innovators turned to the drum machine to create the genre’s foundational four-on-the-floor dance rhythm. That ...

At its core, hip-hop is a voice for the voiceless seeking to address systemic inequities through storytelling.

Hailing from Barranquilla, Colombia, house music producer and DJ Jörgen is building off of the early international success he ...

Splice and MIDiA Research’s Sounds of 2025 Report tracks how genres like pluggnb and Afro House are likely to make waves this ...

But those attendees of “Disco Demolition Night” unknowingly contributed to the birth of a Blacker, gayer genre: house music. “I was an usher,” Lawrence said. “And I was taking people to ...

New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates far less mainstream coverage. To this day, a cloud of mystery ...

Disco was on the way out, but it helped lead to house music, electronic, and hip-hop. Tentpole genres like rock and pop produced a number of offshoots such as art-rock, post-punk, synth-pop ...

Dancehall itself has influenced all these genres: reggaetón, Afrobeats, soca and even pop is integrating it now.” Among the UK-founded Afroswing — a variant of Afrobeats — you’ll find UK hip hop, ...