Every once in a while, a single instrument arrives and rewrites the rules. Not just for music, but for culture itself. Think about it. A strip of brass and a few keys gave birth to jazz. A solid block ...

The annual celebration of the city’s independent beer scene kicked off on March 9 and runs until March 15, 2026. It is an annual beer-focussed event, founded by Hop Hideout’s Jules Gray in 2015, and ...

We take a deeper look at the theory underpinning Ryuichi Sakamoto’s gorgeous, award-winning theme from the movie that gave him his acting and scoring debut ...

Harry Styles made his return to the music scene, releasing his fourth studio album “Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally” Friday. Styles rose to fame in 2010 as a member of the hit boy band, One ...

While long defined by the town's Depeche Mode, Essex's Basildon also counts the cult trio From Nursey to Misery as a key part of its electronic alumni.

From jangling indie to late-’90s pop, these bands left their mark with a single unforgettable hit that defined then forever more ...

Styles' setup also included a Roland SP-404 MKII sampler, Roland RE-201 Space Echo tape delay unit and a Sequential Prophet-6 analogue synth ...

The pop star’s new album revels in the communal experience of clubbing. But his gleaming songs don’t reveal much about the man behind them.

From Latin jazz to children’s music to hard-hitting R&B, WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares albums coming out this spring that prove Greater Boston artists are full of resourcefulness and ...

Music for the Masses' came at a time when American audiences were yearning for something different outside of the tedium of national radio.

A stage in the round crowded with vintage music equipment isn’t the sort of thing usually greeted with brain-coddling screams ...

“Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” takes big swings, but Styles’ approach is often understated — like on “Are You Listening Yet?,” which never really resolves but satiates, or the midtempo ...