If the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards make anything clear, it’s this: When music’s highest honors are handed out in February, the winner of the most-coveted prizes will be either a female act — […]
Barbie isn’t the only one taking on the patriarchy in 2023 — so is Grammy. In fact, when the nominees for the 66th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, women ruled — make […]
Getty Image On Friday morning, November 10, The Recording Academy announced the full nomination field for the 2024 Grammys, which will occur on February 4, 2024 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and broadcast live […]
Less is, many times, more. That old adage often apples in life — and it sure applies with Grammy nominations. When the Big 4 categories — Album, Record and Song of the Year — were […]
‘All The Bees’ are Kirsty McGee and Gitika Partington, two highly experienced writer-musicians who have who have created an exciting new album of gentle yet deep, pastoral alt-folk that brings together their distinctive styles into […]
If you’d have predicted 15 years ago that Peckham’s Giggs and US rap mogul Diddy would one day share a stage in Shepherd’s Bush, you might have received some strange looks. Road-rap legend Giggs half-talks […]
With gift-giving season approaching, music festival lovers might want to ask for Lollapalooza tickets. The live event staple’s roots spread far beyond its home in the US. Today (November 7), the production company unveiled several […]
Lollapalooza Brazil will return to São Paulo early next year. Over the course of three days, fans can look forward to performances from bands, artists, and DJs representing an eclectic group of genres. Lollapalooza Brasil’s […]
The competition for Grammy nominations is a little stiffer this go-around: After two years in which the Recording Academy selected 10 nominees for each of the top four prizes, the group is lowering the number […]
Taylor Swift’s latest full-length re-recording, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), has debuted atop the Billboard 200, marking her second No. 1 debut in 2023 and 13th album all-time to claim the top spot. According to Billboard, the […]
There’s a line between trolling and flat-out bashing. Unfortunately, “Chasing Time” rapper Azealia Banks either doesn’t know the difference or doesn’t care. Banks doesn’t subscribe to the motto: if you don’t have anything nice to […]
Plenty of saxophonists learning the game in the 1950s made John Coltrane their lodestar for his famous ferment of spiritual gravitas and storming improv intensity – but his best disciples took that sound as a […]
In 2017, Sampha Sisay released his debut album Process. A troubled, sometimes harrowing, frequently beautiful response to his mother’s death, it was rapturously reviewed and a Top 10 hit. It wound up high in critics’ […]
We’re a week away from Halloween, and if you’re looking for your last-minute costume ideas, may we humbly suggest a music star? After all, our favorite singers and rappers are real people with a slew […]
Spotify has announced some big changes in their royalty payout model to go into effect early 2024, in an effort to reallocate a total of $1 billion in royalty payments over the next five years […]
Drake, an investor in Dave’s Hot Chicken, is giving away sliders to fans who have download the app and show up in person at any Dave’s location from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday. […]
The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from City Girls, Gucci Mane, Rexx Life Raj, and more. A busy, buzzy week in hip-hop kicked off with Mr. October’s Very Own himself, […]
Westside Gunn is ready to move different. After switching up the flow on his most recent album, And Then You Pray For Me, released last week, the Buffalo-bred Griselda Records rapper and Fashion Rebels cofounder […]
After withholding his last two albums from consideration at the Grammy Awards, Drake has submitted his joint album with 21 Savage, Her Loss, for consideration for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album. The […]
Drake has shared a video for his son Adonis Graham’s “My Man Freestyle” to celebrate his birthday. The clip features Adonis and friends playing basketball on indoor court, with the Drake scion giving a locker […]