Top 40 (genre)

DJ KayJay was always interested in DJing, even before the rise of party-starters such as Calvin Harris and Deadmau5, whose songs have overtaken the club scene. The Baltimore-based DJ, otherwise known as Kristin Jackson, likes to please the crowd with...

Delaware's adventurous Dogfish Head Brewery this week began shipping a beer-and-vinyl boxed set dubbed "Positive Contact," a limited-run collaboration that pairs a 10-inch white vinyl of Dan "The Automator" Nakamura's Deltron 3030 music project with six...

Another New Year's Eve, another all-out celebration. Time to make plans. The close of 2011 will feature a whole host of fun things to do both individually and as a group all throughout Baltimore come Saturday, Dec. 31. If fireworks are your thing, you'...

Here are the TOP 3 CONCERTS OF THE COMING WEEK: 1. HOT CHELLE RAE It took pop-rock group Hot Chelle Rae four years and a failed album after signing with Jive Records before it found the right groove with “Tonight......

For those who grew up in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, something important united us. I’m not referring to religion, family, television or love of country, although those brought us together, too. I’m referring to Top...

An interview these days with Nick Jonas, the youngest member of The Jonas Brothers, really isn’t all that much about Nick Jonas — even though he’s the one playing a headline show at Musikfest’s Steel Stage on Aug. 13. The......

Staff photo by Michelle Ganassi Keith Largent sits inside his home production studio. Largent enjoys singing and writing original songs. By MICHELLE GANASSI michelleg@dailyamerican.com Keith Largent’s love of music began at birth. With a...

The top 40 cover band Your Villain My Hero has made a name for itself across Chicago, but as lead rapper Miguel Mora put it, “We love Lincoln Park.”...

The displaced talk jocks of KLSX-FM (97.1) did not go quietly into that good night as the station switched over late Friday afternoon to a Top 40 music format designed to entice younger listeners. Informed midweek that they would be out of a job in...

DANNY HO can't believe what he's seeing outside of the Key Club on a busy Saturday night. "A Russian rapper is playing here tonight?" the 23-year-old asks incredulously of the doorman behind the velvet rope. When informed tickets start at $60, he scoffs:...