Genesis Owusu delivers a high-energy sound that dips its toes in everything from funk to metal to trip-hop.

It wasn’t until singer-songwriter Mehro saw the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line as a teenager that he had the urge to pick up a guitar.

Native Sun’s Danny Gomez and Nico Espinosa had to leave South Florida to make their rock ‘n’ roll dreams come true.

You’d never think that the mellow sounds of Helado Negro were shaped by listening to Power 96.

Jazz Is Dead! reimagines the Grateful Dead’s songs as jazz standards.

The pluses and minuses of being in a one-man band are pretty cut and dry for Lone Wolf.

If the synth-wave atmospherics of Com Truise remind you of the score for a lost 1980s sci-fi flick, you wouldn’t be completely wrong.

Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers are known for their descriptive storytelling.

Growing up, singer-songwriter Musiana was always surrounded by music.

Dub legend Scientist more than lives up to his stage name.

Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz’s secret power is to be able to sing in four languages.

Devendra Banhart puts out lo-fi records often referred to as “freak folk.”

New Found Glory’s latest album was inspired by guitarist Chad Gilbert’s battle with a rare form of cancer.

While Eli Winter’s work is devoid of lyrics, he’s a fan of words.

For nearly 50 years, Amadou & Mariam have been finding inspiration for their music from all corners of the globe.

On Luna, ¿Téo? shows off his bilingualism with 12 tracks.