Features

Mark your calendars for next June.

The rapper’s Swimming Tour was due to arrive in Phoenix in November.

Sheck Wes, Gunna, and Trippie Redd will come along for the ride.

Nintendo and Pac-Man helped keep Raheem Jarbo, a.k.a. Megan Ran, off the streets of Philadelphia as a child.

He’s also started a record label.

Taking their acts on the road promotes Phoenix bands’ name recognition and music. It also provides income.

Lead singer in Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra and her husband, William, started a non-profit called School of Hip Hop PHX as a way to give back to the community

Global launch will be Saturday, December 15, final night of Springsteen’s sold out show at Walter Kerr Theatre.

BOYCOTT!, led by the bisexual rapper/singer Kaleb Hargous, is making angry, pointed music about political injustices and mass shootings by combining rap, hip-hop and pretty much any other musical genre.

Phoenix native branches out through music, poetry, and theater.

Phoenix band’s original drummer returns after 20-year hiatus.

Tucson native and her troupe have been performing weekly at Crescent Ballroom for several years.

One half of Phoenix DJ duo We Are Shit Heads, Duckie discusses his gear and sound.

David Bowie’s androgynous persona exploded on the pop scene 46 years ago with Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. Author Jason Heller captures sci-fi’s influence on ’70s music in Strange Stars.

Valley musicians talk about the Phoenix area bars where they like to hang and throw back a few.

Here We Go Love, a kaleidoscope of newly-realized ska mash-ups, introspective rich ballads, and even some infectious upstart rock numbers

It’s never too late to pick an instrument or learn audio skills!

K-pop is rapidly infiltrating the American pop music zeitgeist. Don’t get left behind.

Surfside IV making is music Saturday, May 19, at Quail Lounge in Phoenix; Trey Rhodes describes how he outfits the surf his guitar.

Size and experience don’t matter: There’s a venue for local bands at every stage of development in Phoenix.