“Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock is a classic jazz-funk composition that has become one of the most recognizable and enduring tunes of the genre. Originally recorded in 1962, the song is built ...

It’s just a fad. That’s what critics and musicians, Black and white alike, had to say about hip-hop and rap music in 1983. The history of recorded hip-hop and rap music began in 1979 with Fatback’s ...

He abandoned a job teaching college English in the 1960s to become a pioneer of the instrument, playing onstage with Herbie Hancock’s jazz band. By Alex Williams A master of the kora who worked with ...

A lover of great stories and epic tales, Tom is a fan of old and new-school ideas. As a novelist and a screenwriter, he enjoys promoting one story or another. With 18k+ articles and 40 novels written, ...