Craig Jenkins

I met “Kurious” Jorge Alvarez nine years ago in the audience of an open-mic night at an Upper West Side dive bar. He humbly remarked that I might know who he was.

Chromakopia is more interested in critiquing masculinity than celebrating its own aggression.

The West Coast hip-hop luminaries who appeared at Kendrick Lamar's the Pop Out in June reinforced a reality apparent to even the casual observer: The

Young Thug’s freedom means little if we don’t fix the system that put him there.

An initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album.

In observing the brusque locomotion characterizing the rollout of Linkin Park's new album, From Zero it's useful to remember that the band was a second chance for Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington.

When blues titan John Lee Hooker got his first guitar, his father, a farmer and part-time reverend, wouldn't let him bring it through the front

This year was one big stress test that presented artists with a choice: Face uncomfortable realities or serve distractions to the audience.

The delightfully unpredictable artist is capable of anything.