JAZZ Jennings showed off her 100-lb. weight loss in a sexy see-through swimsuit on ahead of graduating from Harvard University. The TLC star, 24, shared photos on the beach as she enjoyed a well-deserved break as she […]
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Thundercat, Samara Joy and more selected for Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Awards Rob Moderelli on June 13, 2025 Photo Credit: Marc Millman The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has […]
Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, No. 1 goes to “Environmental Catastrophe […]
If you judge an album by its title, then Gadabout Season delivers on its promise. Carefree in motion and charmed by its surroundings, Brandee Younger’s eighth album gets lost in a dreamlike blend of lightweight […]
OJAI — You can’t escape nature in Ojai. That meant that flutist Claire Chase, this year’s Ojai Music Festival music director who is often called a force of nature, fit right in. Chase is the proudest flutist […]
Photo Credit: Jessie McCall The music streaming ecosystem stands at a crossroads, warns the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA). While global streaming revenues have soared to $22 billion, underpinned by 800 million premium subscribers, this […]
“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Kerr said in 1849. Nearly 200 years later, that is sadly true of the greatest protest songs. In 2025, songs like […]
Photo Credit: Coca-Cola The Coca-Cola Company is partnering with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch real thing records (rtr), a new record label dedicated to uplifting emerging artists from around the world. Coca-Cola says the […]
God only knows. Legendary Beach Boy founder Brian Wilson has died at 82. “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” his family announced on Instagram and on his […]
Brian Wilson in 1965. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson in 1965. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson, who co-founded the iconic California band The Beach Boys […]
Photo Credit: The Jazz Station (@jazzstationeugene on Instagram) Live Music Society announces the recipients of its third annual Music in Action grant, with $765,500 awarded to 26 small venues across the country. Live Music Society […]
Iron & Wine and I’m With Her, the trio of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins, have joined forces for the new song, “Robin’s Egg.” The song arrives ahead of their stretch of co-headlining US tour […]
Mavis Staples has released a cover of Frank Ocean’s song “Godspeed.” Listen to the moving rendition, which features a spoken word outro by Youth Poet Laureate and folk artist Kara Jackson, below. The track was […]
Billy Jones, the co-founder and owner of Baby’s All Right and former booker at Pianos, Sin-é, and more New York venues, has died. According to a statement from the teams at Baby’s All Right, Funny […]
Photo Credit: Sly Stone (second from left) with Sly and the Family Stone for Epic Records (1968) Revolutionary funk musician Sly Stone, whose Sly and the Family Stone redefined popular music in the late 1960s […]
In a new interview with RichardMetalFan, UNLEASHED drummer Anders Schultz spoke about the Swedish death metal veterans’ upcoming fifteenth studio album, “Fire Upon Your Lands”, which will be released on August 15 via Napalm Records. […]
The Family Stone performs at Harvard Stadium in 1969. Ellis Herwig/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ellis Herwig/Boston Globe/Getty Images Sly Stone, the remarkable, eccentric frontman, singer, songwriter, and producer of his family group, […]
Sly Stone, a funk pioneer whose influence and impact as leader of the musical group Sly and the Family Stone was as enduring as his career was brief, has died. He was 82. An agent […]
Saxophonist Jackie McLean’s evocative 1965 album Jacknife is the latest entry in Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet series. Jackknife finds the saxophonist in a post-bop mode with trumpeters Lee Morgan and Charles Tolliver, pianist Larry […]
Horace Silver’s classic The Tokyo Blues is getting released on vinyl as part of Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet series. Released in 1962 it is considered a gem within the pianist’s prolific career. Silver and […]