With styles like no other, Aesop Rock and Blockhead have carved their own niche in hip-hop, and after collaborating on their first album together, Blockhead shares why they work so well together.

“For me, ’70s (rock bands) like Aerosmith, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Kiss,” Pandelios says. Van Halen, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath also are among the band’s favorites. The band covers rock songs ranging ...

There are just a few bands that can fill a jazz venue as easily as they fill one more used to contemporary pop music, and it seems right to acknowledge one of the best jazz-influenced, long-lived and ...