Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. 50 years ago, Kraftwerk scored its first hit single around the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Bass Concert Hall turned dark, seeming almost cavernous. A low frequency electronic pulse filled the air, mechanical yet ...

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In their 55 years as a band, Kraftwerk has managed the rare double-feat of changing the face of modern music forever, while never breaking into the mainstream. If you’ve listened to disco, hip-hop, ...

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. Kraftwerk—the pioneering electronic-music group that débuted more than half a ...

Fifty years ago this month, an album was released in the U.S. that proved to be akin to a quake under a placid sea, one that created a ripple that grew into a tidal wave. That album was "Autobahn," ...

During the past decade Kraftwerk has operated by the credo that if it’s not broken, don’t fix it — just tweak it a little. The pioneering German electronic group’s two-hour show on Friday night, March ...

Kraftwerk has announced a North American tour for next year. The Multimedia Tour 2025 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the German electronic group's classic album Autobahn. The more than two ...

The sound of the present and multiple futures resonated as a spectacular series of pulse waves transmitted by Kraftwerk Saturday at a near-capacity Auditorium Theatre. Though a majority of the songs ...

Standing stoically onstage at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk ran through their notable music catalogue. Even if you ...

In 2025, KRAFTWERK, with legendary electro pioneer Ralf Hütter, will return to North America to commemorate their breakthrough album Autobahn and their first U.S. Tour, which took place in 1975.