Ayman Rostom, better known as The Maghreban, will release his second album in July. Rostom, a native of Guildford, England with Egyptian and Saudi heritage, has been working on Connection since 01DEAS, his last album, […]
The brand new Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa Valley was already sporting one of the more unreal music festival lineups of the summer. With Robert Glasper as the artist-in-residence and Dave Chappelle hosting the […]
There are so many flavors and colors that R&B can present, and even when you think you have a grasp on what they all are, a new shade seems to arise and insert itself in […]
Photo by Hamish Wirgman. The Swedish musician Neneh Cherry has been a fixture in alt scenes for the better part of four decades—during her early years as a member of punk outfits like The Slits, […]
Photo Credit: LD Communications Johnny Depp will perform alongside Jeff Beck at the 56th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15. The iconic Swiss music festival starts July 1 and runs through July […]
Photo Credit: Eduardo Barrios A new music intervention tool to assist with dementia management called Vera is on the App Store. The app utilizes Universal Music Group’s (UMG) music catalog. Vera allows caregivers to develop […]
Since his emergence in Chick Corea’s trio in 1997, the Israeli-born double bassist Avishai Cohen has become a global star for his bass sound that joins cello-like purity to percussive drama, and for original compositions […]
Jim Seals, who has died aged 79, was half of the duo Seals and Crofts, whose cluster of hits in the first half of the 1970s included the breakthrough single Summer Breeze. Arriving in the […]
Aspirational rap with bars about stacking cash and ruling the music game are all well and good, but more often than not it’s either empty bravado or just flat-out unrealistic—or both. Sometimes, you want to hear […]
Long before RuPaul had them lip-syncing for their lives on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” she changed the life of legendary New York club director Steve Adelman. Adelman had booked RuPaul to perform at a club in […]
Camae Ayewa will release a new album as Moor Mother, titled Jazz Codes. Jazz Codes is Ayewa’s second album for Anti-, and a companion to her 2021 release, Black Encyclopedia of the Air. As its […]
Key West, Fla.’s locally produced, hurricane-season ending cultural gathering, COAST is Clear Music & Arts Festival has shared the lineup of artists that will join them once they see the stormy summer season through. The […]
What a year for hip-hop it has already been. After four years of radio silence from Kendrick Lamar, the Compton poet returned with one of the most vulnerable projects of his career. Another returning veteran […]
Neneh Cherry’s creative and critical resurgence over the past 10 years has been hugely pleasing. She has made challenging new albums that speak volumes about her restless musical spirit, enjoyed the retrospective glow of seeing […]
It’s no secret that we love Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key here at Nerdist. We’ve celebrated their best sketches, marveled at Peele’s brilliant slate of films, and adored Key as a Christmas movie villain. It’s […]
Image Source: Joely Chilcott Spotify Pie Chart When I think of the soundtrack to my year so far, I imagine Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, and Lizzo. I consider myself to have a finger on the […]
John Rocca, vocals, percussion We were a DIY band who had a jazz-funk hit with Southern Freeez, but we broke up because I kept having arguments with the bass-player. When we got back together a […]
Sons of Kemet, the Shabaka Hutchings–led jazz group out of South London, have announced that their forthcoming string of concerts will be their last as a band. “This year will be the last chance to […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers are still fresh off the release of their latest album Unlimited Love, and there’s still plenty of love left to go around: Today, the Consequence cover stars have unveiled the song “Nerve Flip” on […]
Last Updated: June 3rd Disney entered the streaming wars in a big way with the launch of its own streaming platform, Disney+. But unlike other rookie streaming services, Disney already had a vault full of […]