Breakbeat is yet another music genre that spread from America, took on a dose of European ingenuity, and then led a life of its own to become one of the biggest beats of the dance world. This is how ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, hip-hop and house ...

A new generation of queer producers and DJs are using the beats that fired 90s rave culture to herald a ‘post-cynicism’ age Nightclubs remain the ultimate adult playground, a swirl of narcotics and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. At this year’s awards, taking place on Feb. 2, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joycelyn Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) There was a time ...

There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. Hip-hop and house both have their origins in the 1970s and early ...