When most bands get round to releasing album number five their sound, weighed down by expectation or having resorted to formula, has generally ossified. It might still sound good and fans will ...

Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, lovingly known as the “Father of Afrobeat” died on Thursday evening at the age of 79, Rolling Stone confirms. Allen died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at Georges ...

Delve into the communal and transformative power of music in this season finale featuring the music of Latinx composers. The Bay Area-based and internationally-acclaimed Friction Quartet joins guest ...

The sleazy rock band also announced a new album. Warmduscher will play a show at Opium in Dublin on November 16th this year. The London-based band just dropped a new single ‘Fashion Week’ ahead of ...

Instrumental music seems to be coming up in a big way in the metal scene these days, but no one can accuse Animals as Leaders of jumping on that bandwagon with their newest release The Joy of Motion ...

The “Final” tour in the Rock milieu has become about as dependable as the boy who cried wolf. But considering that he’s now reached his mid-60s, it certainly makes it easier to believe that Perry ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Inspired by nature, patterns, and systems, Shane Morris and Frore shape ...

Frore & Morris refine the interplay between synthesizers and percussion elements. Frore, aka Paul Casper, is always seeking to fuse what he calls “primitive sounds” with current technology. Inspired ...

Not so fast though, despite trading under the rather clunky name of Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee, Los Angeles is an unexpected peach of inventive and engaging grooves and textures that are ...

Nu metal didn't just define a generation of heavy bands: it became a total, all-conquering mainstream phenomenon. Its music dominated the charts; its figureheads were all over TV; its fashion became ...

About 35 minutes into Paramore's Fiserv Forum show in Milwaukee Tuesday, frontwoman Hayley Williams made a confession while striking what might have been the night's hundredth rock-star pose. "Don't ...

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 ...