In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house music of course starts right there in the ...

The 24-year-old U.K.-born singer, songwriter, and producer builds her songs around a central tension: the sound is designed to electrify the club, but the vocals are intimate and personal, as if she’s ...

New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates far less mainstream coverage. To this day, a cloud of mystery still ...

On the podcast "Song Exploder," a musician takes apart one of their songs and tells the story of how it was made. Recently, host Hrishikesh Hirway spoke with Graham Nash about "Our House" from the ...

It felt wrong to have an event in Music City without music… live music. And so Variety‘s inaugural Power of Women Nashville event differed from its predecessors on the coasts by having a house band to ...

Explore the origins of house music, which began in Chicago’s underground party scene. Explore the origins of house music, which began in Chicago’s underground party scene as a safe space for gay ...

The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss an iconic figure. Charles "DJ Funk" Chambers died earlier this week. He was a pioneer in the unique Chicago music style Ghetto House. The Chicago ...

Darren Aronofsky wasn’t able to convince his fiancée to agree with his pick of Idles’ scabrous 2017 track “Love Song” for the first dance at their wedding (they compromised on the Cure), but the ...