Music

Religiosity isn’t a particularly good look lately, at least as it’s being performed by politicians. Artists, though — especially one the caliber of Jamaica’s Samory-Tour Frazer, a.k.a. Samory I — can still conjure the unifying power, beauty and healing that religion sometimes brings. Samory made this clear on Black Gold, …

H.E.R’s magnetic take on the Foo Fighters single “The Glass” was first previewed when she joined the band on Saturday Night Live in October. Following the performance, the singer and songwriter laid the track down on her own in the studio. Today, H.E.R.‘s solo rendition of “The Glass” is available …

It’s been two years since masked assailants gunned down celebrated rapper Young Dolph, whose legal name was Adolph Thornton Jr., as he shopped near his boyhood home in South Memphis. For two years, Dolph’s fiancée has raised their young son and daughter alone while shouldering her profound grief — and …

PJ Harvey recently treated the NPR office to four songs from this year’s I Inside the Old Year Dying, an album that found her singing in the archaic dialect of Dorset, where she grew up, as well as an occasional nod to Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender.” She sang in …

Ryder Beer is kickstarting his own musical journey. Ryder, the younger sibling of pop star Madison Beer, released his debut single “Can’t Take It” Friday — and with it, he’s ready to take listeners into his own world. “So far, my musical journey has been trying to find a sound …

George Brown, the co-founder, drummer, and songwriter for Kool & the Gang, died Thursday, Nov. 16, after a battle with cancer. He was 74. A rep for Kool & the Gang confirmed Brown’s death in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. Brown’s family asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations …

Elton John‘s successful musical about Tammy Faye Bakker is heading to Broadway. Producers announced Friday that Tammy Faye will make its way to New York City after a successful run in London for the 2024-2025 season. During the England run, Katie Brayben played Bakker while Andrew Rannells played her first …

Sabrina Carpenter might still be opening for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, but she’s personally entering her own holiday era. On Friday, the singer released her six-track EP Fruitcake, featuring five original Christmas songs — and a classic with a twist. “Just sayin I never seen Santa Claus and …

Ten years ago, Irish singer Foy Vance released his breakthrough 2013 album Joy of Nothing, which boasted the closing track “Guiding Light” featuring Ed Sheeran. To mark a decade since the song’s arrival, Vance and Sheeran reunited with two more singers you’ve probably heard of — Elton John and Keith …

Watching Reyna Tropical evolve over the years felt like watching two best friends, connected almost in a psychic way through their deeply personal lyrics and love for their heritage. They have embodied the word tropical to its very core, with breezy beats, upbeat guitar riffs, and psychedelic electro-cumbia sounds. For …