In spite of everything, here are 18 small to midsize music venues that have opened in recent years in Southern California.

She became the first ever female Chutney winner, but the victory has been marred by controversy. Acknowledging that competitions often bring out the best in participants, 2026 Chutney Soca Monarch ...

City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, ...

Savita Singh did not only win the Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) title this year. She changed the shape of it. In 31 years of the competition, no woman had ever taken the title. Last Sunday night at ...

Britney Spears has sold the rights to her music catalogue. Pop superstar Britney Spears has sold the rights to her entire music catalogue, the BBC has learned. Spears, 44, is said to have sold to ...

Mick Jagger said "whatupdoe" — and possibly goodbye — to Detroit on Monday night at the Rolling Stones' energetic two-hour, 15-minute concert at Ford Field, which included a Motown cover, a shout out ...

Sonido Tejano teaches students the history of the genre, as well as how to play standards from Little Joe, Fito Olivares, and more.

Beyond samba, soca, and son, many other Latin traditions continue to inform modern sound design. Colombian cumbia is ...