How Conexión Divina got its first Latin Grammy nomination

Liz Trujillo and Sandra Calixto of Conexión Divina play the guitar during their show.

The idea first came to Sandra Calixto in 2021. Upon finishing high school, she would start her own regional Mexican band made up only of women. She would recruit two artists she‘d befriended on TikTok, […]

How NPR’s Tiny Desk became ‘El Tiny’

How NPR's Tiny Desk became 'El Tiny'

“El Tiny” recently completed its third takeover of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series during Latinx Heritage Month. Produced by the Alt.Latino team, “El Tiny” featured eight acts from various corners of the Latino community. The […]

De la Calle Explores the Evolution of Latin Music

Rapper Mare Advertencia Lirika from the MTV series De La Calle, episode 8, season 1,  streaming on Paramount+, 2023. CREDIT: Paramount+

De La Calle and Paramount +De La Calle and Paramount + Last year, Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” became the first non-English language album to top the Billboard 200. The Puerto Rican Latin trap […]

‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’: how the Soup Dragons made I’m Free | Music

‘Club culture felt like the new psychedelia’ … the early Soup Dragons.

Sean Dickson, vocals, guitar, arrangement The early Soup Dragons were a psychedelic punk rock band, but by 1988 there was more energy in the underground acid house scene than the indie scene. We used to […]

Eric Krasno & Friends Welcome Matisyahu, Molly Tuttle, Celisse, Emily King, Robert Randolph and More at WhyHunger Benefit (A Gallery)

Eric Krasno & Friends Welcome Matisyahu, Molly Tuttle, Celisse, Emily King, Robert Randolph and More at WhyHunger Benefit (A Gallery)

Photos by Marc Millman Last night, Wednesday, Nov. 2, the nonprofit organization WhyHunger hosted its inaugural Amplified benefit concert at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York City. The event, committed to eradicating hunger and poverty, […]

Barbra Streisand’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! | Music

Barbra Streisand in Vogue, April 1975.

20. Guava Jelly (1974) Earning its place here for its WTF factor: Barbra Streisand covering a Bob Marley track (albeit one indebted to Steam’s 1969 bubblegum smash Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye) before […]

Immersive survey of Black British music to open V&A East museum in 2025 | Music

V&A East under construction in 2022, with the new London College of Fashion behind it.

From jazz to calypso, dub poetry to UK drill lyrics, drum’n’bass raves to grime freestyles, the brilliance and cross-cultural richness of Black British music will be the focus for the inaugural exhibition at the V&A’s […]

Get tickets to Jason Mraz 2024 concert tour

Get tickets to Jason Mraz 2024 concert tour

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. It’s your “Lucky” day, Jason Mraz fans. The […]

From mini Mars bars to matters of life or death: Errollyn Wallen on becoming a composer | Classical music

Errollyn Wallen

As a student at Goldsmiths I was out practically every night attending concerts and was at nearly every important premiere – Ferneyhough, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, Boulez, Reich, LeFanu – mostly male composers, it is true. […]

Victoria Monét is ready to take control on ‘Jaguar II’

A portrait of a female R&B singer with blond hair

“I have it in my journal that I want to win 16 Grammys,” says Victoria Monét. (Justin J Wee / For The Times) Victoria Monét is curled deep into a tattered sofa at a Van […]

Gilberto Gil review – farewell London concert for a joyful musical great | Pop and rock

Celebratory mood … Gilberto Gil.

Political prisoner, exiled psych-rock idol, reggae pioneer, cabinet minister, reality TV star … the English-speaking world really doesn’t have an equivalent of the Brazilian polymath Gilberto Gil. Aged 81, he has declared that this show […]

15 Songs That Will Instantly Boost Your Mood — Best Life

15 Songs That Will Instantly Boost Your Mood — Best Life

There’s nothing worse than waking up on the wrong side of the bed or going through a day where it feels like nothing is going your way. We’ve all been there, and many of us […]

Sinead O’Connor Dead At 56: Reports

The "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer more recently began going by the name Shuhada Sadaqat. She is seen performing in 2020.

Singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at 56, according to her family. Her death, which was first reported by The Irish Times on Wednesday, follows the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane O’Connor, early last year. […]

Top Songs with Poker in the Title

Lady Gaga in Global Hit 'Poker Face'

The term “poker face” comes from the card game poker, where players strive to keep their emotions hidden to avoid revealing their hands to their opponents. Originating in the 19th century, the term has now […]

Tracy Chapman tops charts with Luke Combs ‘Fast Car’ cover

Tracy Chapman tops charts with Luke Combs 'Fast Car' cover

Tracy Chapman has made history as the first Black woman with a sole songwriting credit on a No. 1 country hit after Luke Combs’ cover of “Fast Car” topped Billboard charts. More than three decades […]

‘Our government sees it as cute but unimportant’: the musicians keeping France’s Occitan language alive | Folk music

Massilia Sound System.

It’s May Day in Marseille, and beyond the celebrations – and the ongoing protests against President Macron raising the retirement age – another smaller but just as potent group are taking a stand on behalf […]