Music has a funny way of rising from the ashes when everyone least expects it. Every few years, critics and industry insiders ...

These seven artists are pushing their respective genres forward -- and becoming stars in the process.

The band members of Metalachi take their craft seriously. The band’s violinist, Maximilian “Dirty” Sanchez, speaks of the virtuosity of the musicians they cover the same way he speaks of Mozart. He ...

The Chicago band The Sea and Cake combines a variety of music genres and sounds to come up with an innovative sound. Our critic reviews the band's latest CD, Everybody. Back now with DAY TO DAY. The ...

The music world offers a vast menu of styles, including pop, jazz, hip-hop, and classical, but not every sound fits neatly into these categories. While many artists follow familiar patterns, others ...

Electronic gypsy music. Electro-acoustic culture-mash-up. Gyp-hop. These are some of the ways Beats Antique member David Satori attempted to describe the band’s genre of belly dancing, electronic, ...

In a world of genre-bending, rarely does an up-and-coming band deliver as smooth and unified a sound as Small Time Napoleon. Blending jazz, swing and traditional country, the instrumental lines ...

MisterWives has done this song and dance a thousand times in a thousand different ways — and they still mean it every time. Throughout a decade spent in an ever-changing music industry, the ...

The chance to see a nationally-touring band for free does not come around very often. This weekend, however, that window of opportunity will open for Blacksburg. Bombadil will be playing Nov. 15 at ...