It's hard to get past the significance of this performance by the Indian jazz fusion band, Shakti. Initially formed in 1973 by jazz guitarist John McLaughlin with virtuoso traditional Indian musicians ...

Two guitarists, one bassist, one drummer, a cellist, a violinist, a saxophonist and two singers — that's nine incredibly talented musicians — make up the all-female band, Burst into Dames. This ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in modern music embody the spirit of innovation quite like Herbie Hancock. From his formative years with Miles Davis to his own trailblazing solo career, Hancock has ...

Gospel, funk and soul are all key elements that contribute to the gumbo that is Atlanta rap. It’s what makes the city home to innovative rap subgenres like crunk, snap and, of course, trap music — the ...

When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum. Over the past two decades the Grammy-nominated group established its ...

At some point, it hits you: Geordie Greep is pulling your leg. Maybe it happens when the British singer-songwriter takes on the persona of a crass pickup artist on “Holy, Holy.” Or when two mice ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The return of the seminal “jazz fusion” sounds of the ’70s and ’80s are a national trend, and newly-formed quintet “Actual Proof” is riding the wave. The Jazz Central theater serves as their rehearsal ...

Grammy-nominated jazz fusion band Hiroshima will perform at Detroit’s Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre on July 23. The band, known for incorporating the Japanese koto, is returning after a two-year hiatus ...