Quick: Name the oldest piece of music you’ve ever heard at an area festival. A Bill Monroe number at the World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, maybe an old-time fiddle tune in the Shakori Hills woods?

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 ...

When you think of classical music, chances are you don’t often think of an underlying hip-hop beat. That's where two musicians, Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus come in. The pair has been blending hip-hop ...

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 country has achieved not only mainstream acceptance but critical ...

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 ...

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Minnesota rapper Nur-D is collaborating with the Minnesota Orchestra for a two-night concert. CATHY WURZER: This Friday and Saturday, hip hop and classical music will collide in a beautiful way at ...

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 ...

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Suga is one of BTS’ award-winning rappers and songwriters, often sharing solo music under the stage name Agust D. With BTS sometimes branching out to release music of other genres, it makes sense that ...

In a July 5, 1852, speech, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass posed a question: “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all ...