2024

In the 1940s, New York City’s clubs overflowed with the sounds of cha cha, mambo, and rumba – and one label quickly seized on all...

Emerging in the mid-70s and blooming spectacularly in the 80s, hip-hop has been built on sampling, with its producers seeking to inject some old-school grooves...

Scottish hitmakers Wet Wet Wet were five years into their UK singles chart career when 1992 began with phenomenal new success – in the nick...

If ever a band proved that you can play rock’n’roll and retain your integrity, then surely that band was R.E.M. Starting at the bottom playing...

When the Beach Boys were growing up in Hawthorne, California, they were exposed to all kinds of wonderful sounds. Some of the influences on Brian...