For University of North Texas alumnus Aakash Sridhar, the journey to jazz — and his debut album, Revived Emotions — started with the tabla and few chances to improvise.

Delta blues is widely considered the original blues template, an acoustic country blues distinguished by slide guitar ... cheery tones of major-key chords, and they can convey any emotion or ...

What if changing just one note in a chord could unlock a whole new emotional color? Whether you play piano, guitar, or any ...

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. This week, Billboard is ...