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Working-class youths invented the steel drum in the 1930s by banging dents in the tops of discarded oil drums to create notes. Today, steelpan is Trinidad's de facto national instrument.

The Jamaican native, who died last week in London at age 63, was one of the first popular artists to perform his island's local sounds for a world audience. His international success helped fuel the reggae revolution.

The young trio performs "But I Do" without its usual drums, synthesizers and programmed tracks. But Now, Now still aims for a saturated sound against the bright murals at Austin's "Graffiti Park."

"The Dive" typifies the way Fool's Gold retrofits African guitar-based dance music as viable indie rock.

From American modernism to Mendelssohn and the massive sound of Mahler, a wide-ranging top 10 list.

For many fans, hearing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time was a life-changing experience.

Son of musician Wayne Scott, the multi-instrumentalist and country star reasserts his claim to fame by playing all of the instruments on his new album. He sticks to guitar on his studio session with David Dye.

Many of your favorite musicians of 2018 (so far) defy genres and expectations, from the idiosyncratic wonder of Superorganism to the stirring, swirling ballads of serpentwithfeet.

Nicki Minaj complained on social media that her hit had been deemed pop rather than rap.

The country music icon played before a crowd of 110,905 fans at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday, according to Billboard.