Roy Ayers, the genre-pioneering vibraphonist often called the ‘Godfather of Neo Soul,’ died in Manhattan on Tuesday. He was 84. His death was announced by his son Mtume, who shared that his father died in […]
Roy Haynes has passed away. He was the last surviving member of a small but elite cadre of drummers who rose to fame in the mid-1940s, introducing conversational elements into jazz’s rhythmic vocabulary and challenging […]
Greta Gerwig was beaming Wednesday night as she was honored as this year’s Pioneer Of The Year, and in the process also helped raised $1.4 million for the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation at […]
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Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate in the U.S., has finally rocketed into space, becoming the oldest man to ever leave Earth. Dwight was among six individuals who participated in Blue Origin’s seventh human […]
REE Drummond is being sued for $75,000 after an elderly woman reportedly suffered a severe injury at her shop. The Pioneer Woman star is being taken to court after Maria Chavez apparently tripped over a […]
Former President Barack Obama made mention of the end of Hollywood’s labor strife at a special screening on Friday of Rustin, the Netflix biopic of civil rights Bayard Rustin made by he and former First […]
Dutch hardstyle icon Ran-D has revealed a brand-new album, Illuminate. The new album follows 2020’s We Rule The Night, a fan-favorite in the global hard dance community. That record featured Ran-D’s biggest hit, his anthemic rework of The […]
Dwight Twilley, one of the musicians who pioneered the rock subgenre known as power pop, died on Wednesday. He was 72. His death was confirmed by the Church Studio in Tulsa, Okla., where Twilley recorded […]
Monte Cazazza, the artist and musician who coined the term “industrial” to describe aggressive electronic rock music, has died at age 68. Cazazza’s fellow musician and collaborator Meri St. Mary announced his death on Twitter. […]
With a net worth of $126 billion, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world right now. Not being #1 is actually a fairly new phenomenon for Mr. Gates. From the mid-1990s until […]
Kordhell, the world’s preeminent producer of phonk music, is taking the genre out of the programmatic engines of TikTok and into the nation’s biggest clubs. Kordhell will be the first phonk artist to embark on […]
In the digital wilderness of the past, SoundCloud was the oasis where trap music producers flourished, fueled by the deep 808s that captured the essence of a golden era. It was a time when the […]
In 1959, Carlos Lyra’s musical partner and lyricist Ronaldo Bôscoli said that bossa nova is a state of mind. Lyra thought he was talking nonsense. “Today, I’m actually agreeing with him,” he reflects more than […]
I began playing harp at 11 and the traditional path to follow with the instrument was the classical music one, where all the players I saw or studied were white. I found it quite an […]
This is SOUND ADVICE, a weekly destination for playlists curated by Interview’s friends, enemies, and lovers. This week’s installment comes from ANOHNI, a cult music legend who needs no introduction. Known for her transgressive art, […]
1tbsp releases his first single of 2023 ‘Pioneer Digital Plastic Sound’ 1tbsp image credit via Paula Grenouille February 3, 2023 Australian artist 1tbsp releases the first taste of his new EP due out later this […]
Don Lewis, one of electronic music’s most brilliant minds, has passed away at the age of 81. Lewis invented the “Live Electronic Orchestra” (LEO), a ’70s era invention that predates the creation of MIDI and was forward-thinking […]
Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock and roll innovator whose career stumbled after his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin Myra Gale Brown, is dead at the age of 87. Lewis’ passing was announced on Friday, October […]
Art Laboe, a pioneering voice in radio who created one of its most famous phrases, is dead after battling pneumonia. The famous disc jockey who’s widely credited with coining the phrase “Oldies but goodies” died […]