Music

Adrian Younge has announced The American Negro, a multimedia project that will include a new album, a four-part podcast, and a film written, directed, edited, and composed by Younge himself. Released in conjunction with Black History Month,The American Negro is what Younge considers to be “the most important creative accomplishment …

Double K, a member of the Los Angeles underground rap duo People Under the Stairs, died Saturday at the age of 43. The rapper died at his home, per the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, though no cause of death was given. Born Michael Turner, Double K and his cohort …

Benny Blanco, Marshmello, and Vance Joy have released a new song, “You,” and an incredibly endearing video to accompany the track. “You” is a sweet and uplifting bit of pop-rock that finds Joy crooning over Blanco and Marshmello’s horn-inflected production, “When the night is over out of all the places …

GLAAD has announced the full list of nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The organization announced 198 nominees in 28 categories, including two new categories: Outstanding Children’s Programming and Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist. “During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD …

Genesis offered fans a 50-second sneak peek of their upcoming reunion tour last week along with an announcement that it will now kick off September 15th at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. It’s the first glimpse the public has had of the band in action since the end of their 2007 …

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” easily repeated at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. After setting the record for the biggest debut on the RS 100, Rodrigo’s track — co-written with Daniel Nigro — earned over 53 million streams in its second week. That’s more than twice …

Femi Kuti rails against oppression and corruption on his new single “As We Struggle Everyday,” a track from his upcoming album Stop the Hate, one of two releases the Nigerian musician will drop on February 5th. “‘As We Struggle Everyday’ is about how hard people work every day to make …

Dating back at least to 1977, when Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, and Linda Ronstadt performed during Jimmy Carter’s first day on the job — and all the way up to Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez at Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony — it hasn’t been unusual for rock and pop stars …

Ronnie Spector remembered her ex-husband and the Ronettes’ producer Phil Spector following his death Saturday at the age of 81. “It’s a sad day for music and a sad day for me,” Ronnie wrote on Instagram Sunday. “When I was working with Phil Spector, watching him create in the recording …

Nancy Sinatra wasn’t planning on revisiting her old hits. The singer, who ruled the Sixties with dark psychedelic-pop classics like “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ ” and “Bang Bang,” walked away from the music business in the Seventies to focus on raising her daughters and supporting progressive causes. She …