In the last third of the 20th century, the cassette tape breathed new life into African field recordings. Whole music scenes, from capitals like Dakar, Cape Town, Addis Ababa, and Nairobi, shot onto ...

The new collection features a wide variety of Aoki's favorites synths, rhythms and samples from dance to pop, reggae to trance and more. By Kat Bein What do you need to make a hit record? If you’re ...

Equally renowned for producing deep roots reggae, trance-inducing dub and bittersweet lover’s rock, Mad Professor’s Ariwa Sounds stable is a veritable institution of British reggae. Professor was ...

Tangled Web: A weekly column featuring intriguing online music-related issues & destinations. This Week: Pavement/Matador, Rock.com and Digitalmix.com. By Billboard Staff A VISIT WITH ‘MY FRIENDS’: ...

NEW YORK (CNN)-- Sean Kingston was talking about his hit song "Fire Burning" when his cell phone suddenly started to ring. The device blasted a familiar tune. "I've got to support it, man," said ...

BANGALORE: These guys say that music is all about substance and groove. And they strongly believe in the power of the human voice. Those who have witnessed this five-member Austrian band, Bauchklang, ...

The great thing about music (pop/rock/r&b/techno/dub/reggae/trance/grunge/techno/garage/grime/blues/jazz etc, etc) is that there is so much choice. Something for ...

While a flurry of dance bangers compete for this year's song of the summer, the music landscape was very different 20 years ago. 2001 saw an eclectic bunch of tracks soundtrack the warmer months; ...