The Brighton Beat's influences range from Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, to modern cutting-edge NYC Jazz with a heavy helping of classic New Orleans brass band Funk. Performing up and down the East coast ...

Kevin Burt, a member of the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame and International Blues Challenge overall winner, entertains the audience ...

A year ago, audio hardware maker Beats — co-founded by Dr. Dre and legendary producer Jimmy Iovine — announced that it was going to launch a digital music subscription service. With all due respect, I ...

Beat Switch Music Services has been operating quietly for the past 24 months, and now supports more than 20 independent ...

OffBeat’s annual Best of the Beat Music Awards started nearly 30 years ago, in 1996. OffBeat founder and publisher Jan Ramsey decided that our musicians and music businesses deserved an awards event ...

“A little while ago I had a chance to hear Nation Beat and their music blew me away!"—Willie Nelson Growing Stone: An Album From Two Americas The American/Brazilian collective Nation Beat plays a 21st ...

11th March 1969: Full-length portrait of Canadian musician Buffy St. Marie kneeling on the floor with her hands clasped. Her long black hair is down and she wears black pants, a long sleeved shirt, a ...

Subscription-streaming service Beats Music and iTunes will continue to stand on their own -- for now -- even as Ian Rogers, the CEO of the Beats Music, takes the the helm of iTunes Radio. Joan E.