Thump Records is celebrating its 36th anniversary with a new music festival series, Mojave Music Festival, in Victorville ...

Cultural critic Ted Gioia has gained a good deal of attention in recent years with his gimlet-eyed views of contemporary culture. In a typically jaundiced assessment last May he charged that “in the ...

As lowriders roll through the streets of San Francisco's Mission District, a new theme song written and produced by a native of the neighborhood sets the tone for this year's King of the Streets ...

On today’s episode, Kylie and Sara talk about music, how it has evolved and how people listen today. Back in the day, music was rapidly evolving and more experimental. Now, there are many artists ...

See our editorial picks here for the best Latin tracks from the year's first six months. If there’s one lesson the Hot Latin Songs chart has taught us this year so far, it’s that tropical music and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Cuco, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Hawthorne by way of Inglewood in L.A. county, ...

Inspired by SoCal car culture and Lowrider Oldies, the singer and multi-instrumentalist delivers a homage to his roots, rich in analog and harmonic sounds. By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, ...

In high spirits are some of the members from the Daveyton Senior Citizens Choir. Despite their age, members of the Daveyton Senior Citizens Choir who are retired professionals, danced with energy and ...

Within the Pomona Swap Meet’s sea of shiny Corvettes and 1950s Cadillacs, a storage truck seems out of place. In thick block letters, it reads Thump Records and is open for vending. As racks of ...

Soft light filters in through the stained glass of St. Michael’s Church on New York’s Upper West Side. Massive organ pipes stretch up to the ceiling, standing sentinel as people filter into the space.

Lowriding cars are synonymous with rap, but their Chicano drivers prefer sweet soul music. The scene’s movers and musicians explain how they went from being police targets to esteemed cultural ...

LOS ANGELES - Founded by Bill Walker in 1990, Thump Records has been breaking barriers in the music industry for more than three decades. As the originator of Lowrider Jams and Latin Oldies, the label ...