As the world marks Fela Kuti's 87th posthumous birthday this week, Okayplayer and OkayAfrica celebrate the legendary musician's life and legacy with stories that explore his lasting impact on music, ...

Splice is one of the world's most popular sample platforms, giving music-makers access to a vast library of sounds that have made their way into hits by everybody from Fred Again to Sabrina Carpenter.

Whether you’re a professional musician or you only sing show tunes in the shower, these funny music jokes will hit just the right note Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love jokes? OK, so apparently ...

Sept 23 (Reuters) - Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), opens new tab convinced a New York federal court on Tuesday to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit over an allegedly unauthorized sample in ...

The global girl group's new release brought in 65% of the vote. By Ashley Iasimone “Gala,” the new single from XG, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday ...

There are more options for your music streaming service than you might have realized, and two of the biggest names on the market are Spotify and Amazon Music Spotify is largely responsible for the ...

A season of music performed free to the public is scheduled at a variety of outdoor venues, sites that include The Greeley Park Bandshell, graced there last season by Monadnock, a popular bluegrass ...

We’re still reeling from last week’s loss of funk legend Sly Stone, who suffered from a prolonged battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It’s hard to even capture in words how profound and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Grab your stretchy pants and charge your phone: The 27th annual Taste of Syracuse kicks off at 11 a.m. Friday, bringing two full days of food, drinks and live music to downtown ...

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, continued his string of antisemitic provocations on May 8 as he released a new music video for a song called “Heil Hitler.” “All my n****s Nazis, n***a, ...

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...