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 ...

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, ...

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," ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago, a reviewer for the Britain’s New Music Express argued that the German electronic band Kraftwerk – currently in the midst of a nine-night residency at Walt Disney Concert Hall – was ...