Adam Albums of the Year Honorable Mentions: clipping. – Dead Channel Sky; Cheekface – Middle Spoon; Vulfpeck – Clarity of Cal ...

Despite funding cuts and shuttered venues, homegrown music, TV, film and, yes, memes have dominated the global zeitgeist over the past 12 years. Now this culture must be future-proofed from the forces ...

Heron, Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan are among those who provided memorable interludes in this year's must-see films ...

These songs made their scenes indelible, from classic rock and dance pop to old-timey blues and thrash. There's even a former ...

DMC’s Queens classic to De La Soul’s subversive storytelling, to "Trap Christmas"...rap has always celebrated the holidays on its own terms.

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

THREE men from Manchester have appeared in court accused of alleged firearms and dirty money offences in Glasgow. The four made a brief appearance in the dock having been arrested and charged for ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

March 25: “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage! Don’t keep them in doubt.” — Febb Burn, a 47-year-old widower, in a letter to her ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

With an experimental and maxed-out sound, bold new MCs are emerging from all corners of the UK – and with US rap in the doldrums, the time is ripe for another British Invasion It’s early November and ...