RZA, the legendary founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, is embarking on a remarkable journey of artistic evolution. He has recently produced a symphonic ballet score titled “A Ballet Through Mud,” which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic ...

When the creators of “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” melded hip hop dancing with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet score, there was a feeling they had something special on their hands. “It’s so crazy ...

This story is part of The California Report Magazine’s series about California composers. Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. It’s a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest trend in hip-hop has the genre going highbrow. More than a half-century since it started, the most popular genre in the ...

This is something you won’t see every day at a concert billed as “classical”: a DJ working the turntables. Or a drummer banging out a solo in classic rock ‘n’ roll fashion, set against the backdrop of ...

Overland Park teenager Kevin Li has diverse musical tastes including playing his clarinet, listening to hip-hop and making beats. Christy L'Esperance speaks with Kevin about how he got started in ...

Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic Orchestra. On Nov. 22, the New York-based ensemble is playing the Shubert ...