Though there was a fairly decent selection, he rarely played more than a minute or so of each song. Listeners got a taste, only, and each time the audience was left wondering why more of each song ...

The Roots are a revelation live, since they’re still just about the only hip-hop group that travels with its own band. But when their member Rahzel steps up to do his thing, it becomes even more ...

Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004's "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts," Rahzel is finally completing its follow-up. Due out this summer on Ipecac Records, "Greatest Knockouts The Album, ...

For Rahzel, beatboxing has always been a part of him. The New York-born musician is one of the acts bringing his sound to the National Folk Festival stage. The 78th National Folk Festival opened its ...

Rahzel knows a thing or two about beatbox sounds, but the performer’s also checking out some acting and environmental projects. The former Roots member brings his hip-hop show to the Fox Theatre on ...

Beatboxing might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words folk music. But with roots that hearken to traditional African vocal stylings and early jazz scat, the “fifth element ...

In the hip-hop world Rahzel has grown up with, such a feat is called beatboxing. From years in his youth spent thrilling to performances by such rap pioneers as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ...

“Subway problems, sweltering temperatures and long queues were all overcome by the hardy bunch of FNM fans who attended the third and final date of Faith No More’s three-date East Coast mini-tour last ...

It has been said there are five elements of hip-hop: graffiti, DJing, emceeing, breakdancing and beatboxing. Rahzel is the world's foremost purveyor of the latter. The beatboxer best known for his ...

Anyone lucky enough to catch The Roots in concert has had the pleasure of being blown away by Rahzel, the group's human beatbox. With an almost superhuman ability to replicate beats, samples, voices, ...

Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004's "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts," Rahzel is finally completing its follow-up. By John Benson Four years removed from his last studio effort, 2004’s ...