Rising stars Sech and Darell shared the stage with the established hitmaker Ozuna during a space-exploration-themed performance of “Otro Trago” and “Si Te Vas” on Thursday at the Latin Grammys. Sech was nominated in three different categories: Best Urban/Fusion Performance, Best Urban Album and Best Urban Song. On stage in …
Read More »Pet Shop Boys Preview New Album 'Hotspot' With 'Burning the Heather'
Pet Shop Boys will release their 14th album, Hotspot, on January 24th, 2020. The album, produced by Stuart Price, features 10 new songs written by band members Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. The band has released a radio edit of one of the new tracks, “Burning the Heather” which features …
Read More »Jesse Malin Goes Minimalist for 'Chemical Heart' Video, Plots Lucinda Williams Concert
Since releasing his latest album Sunset Kids in August, Jesse Malin has been peppering tracks from the LP, produced by Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby, into his set lists. On December 19th in New York, he’ll perform the album live in its entirety for the first time, with Williams joining …
Read More »See Gang Starr Honor Guru in 'Bad Name' Video
Gang Starr have dropped the new video for “Bad Name,” with Guru’s son filling in for his late father alongside DJ Premier in the visual. The video is the second from Gang Starr’s stellar new album One of the Best Yet, the rap duo’s first LP in 16 years. Like …
Read More »Rosalía Embraces Her Grittier Side in New 'A Palé' Video
One year after releasing her landmark album, El Mal Querer, Catalan avant-pop star Rosalía bounds back with her new single, “A Palé.” Infused with choppy Atlanta trap beats and flares of electronic synth, the new song was produced by Rosalía in tandem with frequent collaborator El Guincho and producer Frank …
Read More »'Greatest Artist in Human Existence' Kanye West Makes Surprise Appearance at Kim Kardashian Talk
On Wednesday afternoon, Kim Kardashian West and her mother Kris Jenner took the stage at the New York Times’ Dealbook Conference in Manhattan. Interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the pair spent half an hour discussing their rise to monolithic cultural status and the attendant businesses that came with it. In …
Read More »How Erin Enderlin Built a Country Career on Cinematic Storytelling
Erin Enderlin likes to give some credit to Reba McEntire for her decision to pursue a career in songwriting. As a young kid who was obsessed with country music, Enderlin came across an article about the “Fancy” singer in which McEntire’s mother had instructed the performer to start figuring out …
Read More »Hear Fiona Apple's Full-Throated Cover of the Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon'
Fiona Apple unveiled a new cover of the Waterboys “The Whole of the Moon” on the series finale of Showtime’s The Affair Sunday. Per a New York Times recap, the episode opened with the Waterboys’ original 1985 version, while Apple’s cover played at the end. While Apple deftly captured the …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Nashville Sessions Explored in 'Travelin' Thru' Mini-Doc
Bob Dylan‘s late-Sixties Nashville studio sessions — and his collaborations with Johnny Cash — are explored in the mini-documentary The Story Of Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969, the companion visual to the just-released 15th volume in Dylan’s Bootleg Series. The seven-minute film features new interviews with Rosanne Cash, Darius Rucker …
Read More »How Kanye West's 'Sunday Services' Began
Jason White — the former Music Director of the massive West Angeles Church, who now oversees the choir at Kanye West‘s Sunday Service events — was nudged towards a career as musician when he was just four years old. “Every day I would rush home to play on the piano, …
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