Hard-techno, emerging from Eastern Europe—and cultivated in the underground circuits of Monasterio—marks a defining shift in alternative music. Like the grunge movement of 1990s Seattle, it captures ...
Music has a funny way of rising from the ashes when everyone least expects it. Every few years, critics and industry insiders ...
The Fisk Jubilee Singers’ rendition of the classic spiritual, “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” became the first commercially viable recording of its kind in 1909. This feat became something country ...
The Hyperpop Evolution: The origins of hyperpop, as is the case with every other genre, are tough to nail down. It’s generally accepted that it was born in the UK, sometime during the 2010s. But the ...
From street-corner harmonies to electronic drops, American music has seen waves of genres that dominated the airwaves, clubs, and cultural imagination, only to fade as quickly as they arrived. Some ...
Gospel music experts discuss the evolution and influence of Black religious music in America. American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the influence of Black religious music.