The DJ and producer known as RJD2 found inspiration for his latest music while admiring the complexity of certain TV theme songs. The album is called “Visions Out of Limelight.” When the creators of ...

Leon Bridges is currently on a North American tour behind this year’s solid Good Thing, which hits NYC’s Radio City Music Hall on 10/5 and 10/6. He just announced a new batch of tour dates in 2019, ...

Since 2000, RJD2 (aka RJ Krohn) has been creating anthemic hip-hop tracks. Live, the turntablist dominates four decks while seamlessly mixing classic songs in with his own original beats. In the ...

RJD2: The tools have changed, or more tools have opened up to me. When I first started making records, everything was vinyl and samplers, and it was very much just sample-based music, so I feel like I ...

Trying to put your finger on exactly what Philly-based RJD2 is doing on his latest disc, "The Colossus," is darn near impossible. And that's what makes it so engaging. See him do it live this week in ...

In Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead,” an architect named Howard Roark single-handedly battles against conformity and jealous rivals in the name of pursuing his vision. It makes sense that this celebration ...

If you had no context about RJD2 going into his latest album, "The Colossus," then you wouldn't be sure exactly what to make of the newest stylings of the DJ gone rocker. For any fresh listener, it ...

As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying ...

STS and RJD2 have built up substantial reputations in hip-hop on their own, but their new self-titled album is a clear statement that these two men were destined to work with each other. RJD2 is one ...

RJD2, known to some as RJ Krohn, has lost his marbles. No, just kidding. But he has picked up the moniker The Insane Warrior for his new album that dropped Feb. 1, We Are The Doorways. Krohn's ...

When the creators of the show "Mad Men" went looking for theme music, they landed on this, an excerpt of a piece by the DJ and producer RJD2. (SOUNDBITE OF RJD2'S "A BEAUTIFUL MINE") MARTÍNEZ: Lately, ...

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