As his music suggests, the Canadian experimentalist known as JayWood (real name Jeremy Haywood-Smith) is the type of guy who ...

With red-tiled rooftops, red-clay buildings and a red heart, Bologna is aptly known as ‘La Rossa’, or the ‘Red City’. A hub ...

Will machines soon write the soundtrack to our lives? This question keeps many musicians up at night. Artificial intelligence ...

Hip-hop’s heartbeat in 2025 belongs to the ladies. The male-dominated rap scene is no more as these fearless female voices ...

Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The ...

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, ...

Like many of them, he draws from multiple cultures and traditions—Spanish and Quechua speaking, global and local, ancient and modern. And with his fellow artists, he’s creating something entirely new: ...

A young girl’s life is upended by tragedy in Belgian drama Têtes brûlées. Director Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama told us about avoiding the clichés of violent masculinity and the limits of storytelling as a ...

When he was unsure about his path, he told himself, "There has to be a way for me to make this work despite my circumstances, ...

D’Angelo has blurred the lines between sacred and sensual, defining modern R&B with his unique voice and musicianship.

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each ...