Norah Jones has announced her first-ever live album, ‘Til We Meet Again, out April 16th on Blue Note. On Thursday, Jones released the first single from the album, a live rendition of “It Was You.” The performance was recorded at the 2018 Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, with Pete Remm on …
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At 36, Buffalo rapper Benny the Butcher is a sort of old head in the genre, where artists with wild energy and disparate stories break young. Benny’s been working at it since the mid-Aughts, but didn’t manage to cut through the noise nationally until his 2018 mixtape Tana Talk 3. …
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The National announced a new photo book, Light Years, available through their fan club. The release —which features newly published images, essays and band member quotes —chronicles the band’s two-decade relationship with Scottish photographer Graham MacIndoe. Six versions of Light Years are available to preorder via the Cherry Tree shop, …
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Demi Lovato discussed her overdose, recovery and new documentary in a CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired days before the release of Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil. “The doctors told me that I had five to 10 minutes,” Lovato says of her 2018 near-fatal overdose. “Like, if no one …
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Ty Dolla $ign has brought in Bryson Tiller for a new remix of his song, “By Yourself,” which also features Jhené Aiko and Mustard. While the bulk of the song hasn’t changed from the original, Tiller seamlessly slips into the punchy ode to independent women. “Yes, you did it by …
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Eleven years after releasing the indie-rock touchstone Epic,Sharon Van Etten has enlisted an impressive group of artists from Fiona Apple to Courtney Barnett — to cover the entirety of her debut album. The latest preview of Epic Ten, the deluxe version of Van Etten’s debut due next month, comes from …
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Australian group Hiatus Kaiyote return with new song “Get Sun” featuring Brazilian composer/arranger Arthur Verocai from their upcoming album, Mood Valiant. The LP arrives on June 25th via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune. “Surface it will suffice/The clay grows dry/But you keep your borders guarded,” frontwoman Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield sings on …
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Lil Baby performed “The Bigger Picture” at the 2021 Grammy awards and made a powerful statement about police brutality. He was joined onstage by Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, an often outspoken advocate for Black people. Activist Tamika Malloryand actor Kendrick Sampson also made appearances. The performance opened with Sampson being …
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Eddie Van Halen‘s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, says he declined an offer to play “Eruption” as a tribute to his dad during this year’s Grammy’s, he revealed on Twitter Monday. “I don’t think anyone could have lived up to what my father did for music but himself,” Wolfgang wrote, explaining …
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Blue Note Records has announced a new posthumous album from late Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, There Is No End.The album is set to arrive April 30th, which also marks the one-year anniversary of Allen’s death. The record announcement comes with the first single, “Cosmosis,” which was co-produced by Allen, Damon …
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