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A couple of weeks ago, Bad Bunny was at home, watching Especial Banco Popular, a Puerto Rican show that’s been around for decades and highlights folk music and traditions from the island. The theme of the episode Bad Bunny caught, coincidentally, revolved around someone returning home after time away and …

Give your favorite music fan a box set for the holidays this year? You had a ton to choose from. Last year, record labels released enough shelf-straining packages of CDs or vinyl to fill a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit, with sets highlighting the works of David Bowie, …

Zora Grey has a story to tell. It’s a dark tale, full of spine-chilling frights and taboo thrills, unfolding from the moment you hit play on the Minneapolis singer, rapper, and producer’s second album, BELLAdonna, out Jan. 17 on Get Better Records. The buzzing synths and bass boom you’re hearing …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Bad Bunny makes a stunning return to his Puerto Rican roots, Japanese Breakfast previews her forthcoming album with a beautiful new song, and Ethel Cain self-releases a dark, …

On Thursday evening, backstage in a dressing room at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Peter Rowan is plucking his guitar and quietly humming to himself. With less than an hour before showtime, the singer-songwriter will soon celebrate a band he created more than a half-century ago, one whose influence continues to loom …

Taylor Goldsmith is the lead singer and songwriter of Dawes, the L.A. band he started with his brother Griffin in 2007. Until a few days ago, Taylor, Griffin, his parents, and Dawes’ former bassist Wylie Gelber, all lived minutes from each other in Altadena, California. Taylor’s main house is still …

H ere they come now, bustling down the street in Brooklyn, three young musicians wrapped in winter coats and chatting animatedly among themselves as they approach the diner on the corner. It’s a chilly Friday in December, just a couple of degrees above freezing, but that’s nothing for this trio …

You could argue that today’s music fans are spoiled beyond previous generations’ wildest imaginations. Back in the Nineties and even the early 2000s, the level of insight audiences had into their favorite stars’ lives and creative processes was limited by both technology and culture. You couldn’t dream of being able …

Taylor Goldsmith is keenly aware that the Dawes who released the album Oh Brother last fall are far different from the band that dropped their breakout LP, Nothing Is Wrong, in 2011. Not only has the group’s sound evolved, moving from compact folk-rock songs into sprawling nine-minute jams and back …

Each December, journalist Liz Pelly observes Spotify Wrapped day with a mix of horror and hope. For the past decade or so, Pelly has been writing critical essays and investigations into Spotify and its practices for publications like The Baffler. She feels horror, because Spotify Wrapped day — when listeners …