Ariana Grande got fans buzzing about the possibility of a new era (the hashtag #ARIANAISCOMING trended worldwide on Twitter) by sharing a snippet of a new song with the simple…
Little Mix is the latest act to drop by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and belt out a couple of songs. As per tradition, the UK girl group kicked…
Hipster Conspiracy came in with a confident step with her debut album Dysphoria. It has been fully produced and mixed by the singer herself and recorded in a music studio…
Israeli kibbutznik and multi-instrumentalist Ophir Kutiel, who performs as Kutiman, specializes in cunningly stitched-together audio and video attention grabbers, as exemplified by his ThruYou series of funky YouTube bedroom instrumentals….
Drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers were essentially a school for up-and-coming players throughout their 35- year run—the band’s ever-changing lineup, at one time or another, housed the likes of Wayne…
During her lengthy career—coming up on 60 years since her debut single at age 16—Bettye LaVette has paid tribute to all manner of influences: album-length considerations of music associated with…
A rowdy sort of gospel roughness jacks up Ozobia Special (BBE), the sole album by Ghanaian Igbo highlife singer Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers. Originally released in the early 1980s,…
The first track on Creamery Station’s Walk With Me, “Pistol by My Side,” serves as a fitting invocation to a debut record. The rollicking tune boasts solos from keyboardist Jon…
Based in Louisiana, and growing up out there, Slim 1200 knows what’s up. His new number titled ‘TIK TOK’ is one of the most entertaining rap-bangers we have heard in…
Even if Yes constructed their next five albums solely from birdsong and beat poetry, it couldn’t tarnish their legacy among the prog-rock ruling class. But Heaven & Earth, their 21st…