Music & Culture

A Mexican cumbia-punk band called Son Rompe Pera, a traditional singer from West Bengal named Rina Das Baul and a group from near Timbuktu called Al Bilali Soudan: three global acts on the rise.

The avant-garde powwow singer underlines his contempt for the grim reaper who takes his loved ones too soon.

Though it feels like a mere sample of what's to come, the Memphis rapper's new EP presents her as a singular talent using her instrument as a megaphone for provocation and inspiration.

In the drill wave currently spreading across New York City, few songs feel as dutifully assembled as "Krash Out."

The revered Latin Grammy winner was known for such hits as "Yolanda" and "Amo Esta Isla."

This dance track from the Parisian-Polynesian collective bridges Polynesian music past and present.

In times of crisis, we're grateful for music that speaks to the current moment. So we asked a handful of visionary artists: Who taught you that music could be a vehicle for political expression?

Rose's early records mixed country, pop and indie rock — a rare approach at the time. Now, she's released her lustrous new record, CAZIMI, into the musical landscape that she helped shape.

The South Korean cultural phenomenon is now a new musical, starring actual K-pop idols.