Bedouin Soundclash was only a few songs into its Galaxy Theatre performance late Friday night when Sekou Lumumba did a long drum solo amid “National Water,” from debut disc Root Fire. Very unusual.

Pablo Picasso said it best: “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” To succeed at a Red Bull SoundClash, you’ve got to work the system if you want to blow the crowd’s ...

Last week saw the return of one of music’s most fun events: The Red Bull SoundClash. Taking over Radius Chicago, an event space converted from an old steel factory, the latest installment pitted two ...

Before Gwen Stefani and No Doubt make their much buzzed about performance in Milwaukee at the Marcus Amphitheater on July 2, a rising musical sensation from Toronto plans to shake up the sonic ...

For the first time in ten years, Red Bull is returning to the US with their highly unusual, unpredictable and downright intriguing SoundClash concert battle. Think of it as Verzuz, meets a good old ...

Red Bull SoundClash was inspired by the culture of competing sound systems originating in Kingston, Jamaica, during the '50s and subsequently spreading around the world. The basic idea was for artists ...

Red Bull SoundClash will make its return to the United States this fall with four acts taking on one another in a friendly music battle format with the crowd serving as the deciding factor. Starting ...

Wejust announced our Ozomatli vs KCRW Soundclash Remix Project where five KCRW DJs — Jason Bentley, Anne Litt, Anthony Valadez, Tom Schnabel and Aaron Byrd — remix songs from the Grammy-winning Latin ...

The culture of the sound clash — where two sound systems helmed by a DJ or MC battle one another — dates back to the 1950s and has evolved over the years into other forms of musical competition. Red ...

For the first time in 10 years, Red Bull’s long-running SoundClash is back with a line-up in four cities that includes Rico Nasty, Danny Brown, Shelley (formerly known as Dram), Tank and the Bangas ...