Music

Hip-hop has lived and thrived for 50 years, and some of the genre’s pioneers are reflecting on the genre’s cultural influence. Speaking at Essence Fest over the weekend, KRS-One and Ice-T looked back at the genre’s longevity and its future. “Fifty years ago, some of us knew this was going …

The 11th edition of the Peach Music Festival is underway on Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, with a roster of artists that highlight the fest’s musical-exploration aesthetic: headliners Tedeschi Trucks Band, Ziggy Marley, Lettuce, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead all close out the fest today. Last night, Saturday headliners My …

Standing behind a camera atop a tripod onstage at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin, North Carolina, Lyle Lovett peers into the viewfinder and pauses for a moment before hitting the shutter button. Lovett’s road manager yells loudly, “Fire in the hole,” as the room goes …

When a “fan” threw a phone at Bebe Rexha onstage last month, it was just one of many bizarre and unsettling recent instances of misbehavior at shows. Concertgoers have pelted GloRilla with bottles, invaded Ava Max‘s stage, and forced Pink to become part of a stranger’s grieving process by apparently …

Taylor Swift welcomed a pair of guests, Aaron Dessner and Gracie Abrams, onstage during a rare three-track “Surprise Songs” segment at her Eras Tour gig Saturday in Cincinnati. Given the show was in the Ohio city that produced the National, it was fitting that Swift first brought out Dessner, a …

Beneath the tepid dirty talk and torture porn, The Idol is simmering with one big source of tension: Can pop star Jocelyn (played by Lily Rose Depp) make her big career comeback? We see the chaos of a pop star trying to get back on track before choosing to go …

Rick Froberg, the singer and guitarist in post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55. Longtime collaborator John Reis, who played with Froberg since the mid-Eighties when they were members of the San Diego band Pitchfork, confirmed Froberg’s death Saturday on Instagram. “Rick …

The two biggest acts in Música Mexicana come together to maximize their joint slay. On Friday, Peso Pluma released “Tulum,” the playful, norteño-pop single featuring the boys of Grupo Frontera, along with a colorful, beachside video. Peso and Frontera’s Adelaido Solis sing to a past love interest who’s moved on …

Taylor Swift gifted Swifties gathered for night one of the Eras Tour in Cincinnati on Friday with two surprise songs. The artist performed “Evermore and “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” continuing her tradition of surprising crowds each night of the tour with songs that aren’t listed on her …

This time last year, the four members of Blur had no plans to make an album together anytime soon. Then they heard that they might have a chance to play Wembley Stadium this summer. “You can’t say no to that,” says drummer Dave Rowntree, 59. “It’s the most iconic venue …