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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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I’m sorry, Ms. Jackson, but André 3000 still really doesn’t feel like rapping. After announcing an album of instrumental flute music — which is notably not the rap album people might have expected from him — the musician opened up about his decision to switch up his style. In a …
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Shakira’s dominance over 2023 is spilling into her success at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards. The Colombian pop icon received seven nominations this year, including in the Song of the Year and Record of the Year category. Alongside her collaborators Bizarrap and Karol G, Shakira took home two Latin Grammy …
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Dolly Parton is arguably the most beloved living American. How many people are alive today because Dolly told them to get the Covid vaccine back in early 2021? Of course, she’s a paragon of country music, but her reach goes far beyond Nashville, from the disco pop of her working-woman …
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Graceland will be hosting an all-star group of performers this year in tribute Elvis Presley‘s legacy. Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Post Malone, Kacey Musgraves, Alanis Morissette, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, and The War and Treaty will gather at Presley’s home in Memphis, Tennessee on Nov. 29, according to People. …
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