Forget about the '60s for a minute. Another British Invasion stormed our shores decades later - the Bristol-bred trip-hop movement, a stereoscopic explosion of heady hip-hop, rainbow-chasing psychedeli …

Sorry about suggesting that whole stay-in-bed thing. Now that we're winding down our definitive Trip-Hop set, one thing's for certain: this music isn't meant just for moonlit evenings (dig: piano-led t …

Aside from its ever-present beat - a familiar sound whether it's slowed down to soothing blip/beep levels or sped up to heart attack proportions - techno has taken on countless different forms and face …

Can't remember the last time you were at a word-of-mouth dance party - the kind of in-the-know affair with dim lights and speakers stacked to the ceiling? Then close your eyes and listen to the distort …

Quick! What do you think of when you hear the harmonic strains of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" coursing through the air - that mean mullet you once sported or "isn't this that song from Glee"? Hey, …

Welcome to our '80s Pop Deep Cuts, where Better Midler's soaring ode to everlasting friendship, "Wind Beneath My Wings," shares a bill with the J. Geils Band and its raucous remembrance of a good girl  …

By 1959, the sound that galvanized Teenage America (while scaring the bejeezus out of Mom & Pop America) was at a crossroads. The Brill Building was happening, the Beatles were on the horizon, and the  …

Take the Cuban grooves of mambo and son montuno, put them on a plane to the States, pepper them with the jazzy jabs and percussive intensity of New York City, and you've got yourself a recipe for the s …

The story of salsa is as multilayered as the music itself, with innovators laying down the groundwork that inspired others to add their own flavors to the mix. Machito was making inroads in Afro-Cuban  …