Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” In a music review written 55 years later, George Bernard Shaw said, “Though music be a universal language, ...

Beyoncé winning the best country album Grammy with Cowboy Carter forces us to face our fixation with ‘genre’ – and rightly so ...

Refusing to be confined to a single musical genre, Lee has consistently chosen songs that evoke emotion and resonate deeply with audiences worldwide. Here are some of the genres in which Lee has ...

Sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place,' said the singer during her Grammy speech. Her words were built on a more pointed critique.

this is called the musical genre. Pop, jazz, classical, dance or rock music are all examples of different genres. Pieces of music that are the same genre often use the dimensions of music in a ...

Truly special musical acts and artists are able to find success spanning various genres of music. In doing so, they are then able to branch out even more beyond an assumed comfort zone.

Metal music is a vast and diverse genre that has evolved significantly since its inception, branching into numerous subgenres ...

Rather than simply a genre, hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music. That notion of “keeping it real” – has been at its core. As ever with popular ...

In music, this practice is commonplace: genres move forward by influencing the creation of ... America’s civil rights movement, for example, influenced Bob Dylan’s brand of protest folk — as seen in ...