Ginger Root is the project of multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist Cameron Lew, who's coming out with a new album later this year called Shinbangumi. He announced the record ...

Japanese music from the 1970s and '80s seems to be having a moment in the West right now. Take the latest album from The Weeknd, which samples the 1983 Tomoko Aran track, "Midnight Pretenders." ...

Galangal root is a spice native to Southern Asia. It’s closely related to ginger and turmeric and has been used in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine for centuries The word galangal refers to ...

During December, it's impossible to pass a bakery without being eyeballed by a little grinning gingerbread man—which makes a change from us staring down the golden root when we're suffering from a ...