Prepare to take the plunge into the deep international musical waters of reggae's most promising new artists, as we cue up Million Stylez, a.k.a. Kenshin Iryo, who was born in Stockholm (to French and  …

While northern Indian classical music is something of an acquired taste, the joys of approaching it as you would a chant and allowing it to flow around and through you are manifold. For openers, it's w …

As anyone who survived the rave scene will tell you, one of the greatest things about warehouse parties was their "chillout rooms." More than just an excuse to hear ambient music on speakers you could  …

While we're pretty sure most of you have heard of Brian Eno and Boards of Canada, our last set of Ambient Electronica Essentials is loaded with lesser-known artists that you'll be absolutely obsessed w …

If it's true that soul music never really goes away, it's also a fact that every generation needs to discover the past on its own, and then pay it forward via its unique perspective. Our Soul Revival E …

Modern-funk Afrobeat by way of England? It's all part of the great Soul Revival as British band Baby Charles dives into R&B's present-day pool on "Treading Water." Aussie acolyte Daniel Merriweather ad …

You need only lend an ear to the bands of today who worship at the '80s altar to realize that new wave is an ongoing experience, not an artifact of the past. Whether you want to backtrack to discover t …

Don't let all the synthesizers and drum machines make you think there was no room for good ol' guitar-driven rock & roll in the new wave world. The Only Ones fused punky energy and power-pop hooks on t …

Watch your head, what with all these beats ringing and ravaging the neon-tinged air like gunshots, testing the stamina of every ear canal in the club. Which is an appropriate analogy, really, given tha …