Before the banjo, the instrument at the heart of so much folk, country and bluegrass music, was the ekonting: a self-built, three-string gourd instrument with a muted but characterful tone, played by the Jola people […]
Beyoncé fans are seemingly losing their patience with their Queen Bey thanks to the delayed visuals for her latest album Renaissance. Still, the Grammy Award record holder hopes a new Ivy Park x Adidas collection […]
By all accounts, including his own, David Crosby could be a tricky and difficult character. His career was regularly punctuated by angry arguments, bitter fallings-out, sackings, general discord. Joni Mitchell once waspishly suggested he was […]
The Orange Line is part of the public transport system in Boston. It opened in 1901. Most of it was underground but its last four miles, in the south-west of the city, came out in […]
From Aretha Franklin to Lenny Kravitz, Stacker takes a tour through 25 of the most celebrated outfits worn over 50 years of the Grammys. – David Crotty/Patrick McMullan // Getty Images Sofia Voss While the […]
Flo arrive at the central London restaurant where our interview is taking place, in this order: first comes 21-year-old Stella Quaresma, arriving before we’ve been shown to our table; then Renée Downer, aged 20, once […]
Image Source: Getty / Matt Winkelmeyer/FilmMagic At the Golden Globes on Tuesday night, YouTube star Amelia Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield reunited on the red carpet. If you haven’t been watching their interview on a loop, […]
Growing up, many of us were encouraged to find a hobby as an outlet for our energy and self-expression. Research has shown that people with hobbies are less likely to suffer from depression or stress. […]
“This is the kind of interview that could get me into trouble,” she says, taking a cautious sip of lukewarm, slightly too strong tea from a mug emblazoned with the tagline of a corporate law […]
“Love. Light. Leslie.” That was the final wish from the cast of “Call Me Kat” as they wrapped up the Thursday episode that honored the late actor Leslie Jordan and his character, Phil. Jordan’s pal […]
After ringing in the new year alongside her godmother Dolly Parton — and reminding anyone who might have forgotten just how incredible of a performer she is — Miley Cyrus has confirmed new music is […]
Swedish melancholic metallers KATATONIA will release a new studio album, “Sky Void of Stars”, on January 20 via Napalm Records. The official music video for the LP’s third single, “Birds”, can be seen below. The […]
This month, the internet was flooded with stunningly ethereal digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then […]
Photo credit: Heidi Fin If you were a 90s kid like me, you probably remember curating playlists before there were playlists. They were called mixtapes, or “burning a CD.” We put our favorite songs in […]
James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” sends the visual effects team back to the technological drawing board to achieve, yet again, breakthroughs never before seen on-screen — underwater performance capture. With the first “Avatar,” […]
Look up “British sketch comedy” in the dictionary and you’ll no doubt find a picture of Monty Python. Okay, not in the Oxford English, Merriam-Webster or Cambridge editions, but the point remains: For more than […]
Listen to this episode of The Times: This year, Beyoncé blessed fans with her album, “Renaissance”; the Daniels — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — released the surreal trip of a movie “Everything Everywhere All […]
The following contains spoilers from the movie “The Whale,” now playing in theaters. The movie version of “The Whale” ends with a breath, a bright light and a beach. The last visual shows the sun […]
How to get a lifetime ban from a nightclub in one move: record and post a video mocking a fellow attendee. Sadly, this was the case at London’s famed fabric club, where a clubber recently […]
Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known for his work on modular synths, died Dec. 4. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ullstein Bild/Getty Images Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known […]