It's Christmas time, and it's time to try something completely new! Our new collection of chillwave and lo-fi hip hop instrumental songs for Christmas! Lo-Fi Chill for Xmas 2019 Relaxriver provides ...

Instrumental music, once relegated to being a background sound for certain activities, has evolved to become a key element of ...

I fell back in love with Austin music in 2025. Our city has been rife with talented performers since long before I came around, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches – and by ...

One day, my wife said she was canceling her Apple Music subscription, and I followed her out the door. I had been plotting my exit for a while and needed the extra push. I was tired of renting all my ...

Variety's music writers pick 2025's best albums, including Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Clipse, Brandi Carlile, Summer Walker and more.

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

Chill with You: Lo-Fi Story is a work-focused sound novel game where you work at your desk alongside Satone, an imaginative girl who loves writing novels. Customize the lo-fi music, ambient sounds, ...

Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music. By Alex Williams When Marcyliena H.

When Marcyliena H. Morgan first began her scholarship on hip-hop in the 1990s, nobody believed the genre would have real staying power, according to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the ...

When hip-hop was in its early stages, most people criticized the genre as being a fad. Yet, here we are over 50 years since its inception, and it's one of the most popular genres among fans.

Streaming has revolutionized the way we listen to music, but without physical media in our hands, it's easy to overlook the cover art of your favorite albums. Tuneshine aims to fix that by adding a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Post Malone returns to Billboard’s hip-hop tallies as DJ Khaled’s ...