Becoming famous certainly comes with its ups and downs at any age, but being thrust into the Hollywood spotlight has to be a uniquely challenging experience in itself. While many actors start their careers young […]
EarthPercent is aiming to raise $100 million towards their climate justice efforts by the end of the decade. You’ll soon find Mother Nature as a collaborator on Brian Eno‘s music. The godfather of ambient music […]
Since her 2015 debut Bird Under Water, Pakistani American singer Arooj Aftab has honed the delicate cadence of her voice in increasingly minimal settings. On that album, she embellished yearning Urdu poetry with traditional instrumentation […]
What is folk music? Is it music specific to a region and embodying particular cultural traditions, or could there be a more open-ended definition? Perhaps it’s a product of the imagination that can be rooted […]
You’d think that once a star hits it big, they’d want to use all of that success and name recognition, if nothing else, to continue to pump up their career. But while some celebrities, like […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will complete the MCU trilogy once and for all. The movie already promises a grand finale for this iteration of heroes, which will likely leave many fans in tears […]
Roger Waters has revealed the first minute of music from his re-recorded version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, after the original turned 50 years old this week. He posted a clip of […]
MultiChoice, NBCUniversal and Sky have set a new partnership to bring content and technology to streaming customers across MultiChoice’s 50-market footprint in sub-Saharan Africa. MultiChoice launched Showmax as the first African streaming service in 2015 […]
In a cosy dressing room tucked into a nook of Sydney’s Carriageworks, eight drag queens are in a flurry preparing for their last bid to take home the crown of all crowns: the first ever […]
Here’s a sobering thought for anyone old enough to recall the early 00s first-hand: Cracker Island arrives 22 years on from Gorillaz’s debut single, Clint Eastwood. Founded by Damon Albarn, an alt-rock star apparently dabbling […]
A free festival from Stormzy’s #Merky Books imprint, headlined by musician Wretch 32, poet John Agard and former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, will aim to demystify publishing for aspiring storytellers across all media. The event, […]
After weeks of record-breaking rainfall have seen freeways flood, hillsides collapse and the dry concrete gutter of the Los Angeles River transform into a raging torrent, you may have assumed that California’s water-shortage woes were […]
“Breaking” America has been the goal of young British musicians since the days of Beatlemania, but that dream is being dashed. Hundreds of emerging artists could be affected by plans to hike visa fees by […]
Laventille, high in the hills above Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, may be a poor part of Trinidad but it has historic cultural riches. Chief among them is Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, […]
In the past few years, a wave of documentary films have revisited the lives of famous (or infamous) women of the 90s, examining how their careers exploded under the weight of misogyny and undue media […]
When he started the Reytons in Rotherham in 2017, singer Jonny Yerrell wrote the song On the Back Burner about his dashed ambitions on the South Yorkshire open mic scene. “I can vividly remember the […]
Is there an instrument with more emotional range than the piano? Sometimes, it is tough to believe that the same collection of wood and wires can make you stamp your feet with delight one minute […]
David Bowie’s colorful carousel of personas are getting a permanent home in London. The Victoria & Albert Museum will open the David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts in 2025, featuring more than […]
Nearly 30 years after Bill Watterson’s final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip ran in thousands of newspapers, the elusive cartoonist is returning with a new book called The Mysteries, set to be published on October […]
I was 12 when it happened. Dad was parking the car and we were getting ready for a torturous hour of food shopping. Suddenly, over the radio, I heard a voice that today is one […]