Kevin Morby walked into the lobby of the Peabody hotel in a long red coat on a Tuesday night in late April and, turning twice, extended his arms toward the travertine pillars of the century-old Southern institution. Best known for serious folk rock, the songwriter often focused on death. An hour earlier and a few …
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For most of the year so far, new music sales have been quite remarkable, with even the #1 album releasing modest numbers each week. But those stagnations may now be over with a string of high-profile albums, including a hit new LP by rapper Future and a surprise release of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, …
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Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) are reunited as Black Star 24 years after their first and only previous full album with “No Fear of Time” with the encouragement of an ideal producer choice: chest digging, funk loving Madlib. Much of the new album is exclusive to subscription podcast app Luminary, but the …
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Bad Bunny has approached each of their albums with a clear goal. “I’ve forever made it clear to people that I’m never going to make a recording that’s the same as anyone else,” he said. But beyond his ambition to distort genres, he also refused to bow to industry conventions, particularly those aimed at Spanish-speaking …
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In a masterful rap career of more than 20 years, Pusha T has released her first #1 album. From a beginning beside your brother as half Virginia Beach duo Clipse Recurring roles as Kanye West’s trusted advisor and a relentless Drake antagonistTerrence Thornton, 44, born rapper has seen his profile rise steadily over the course …
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The mainstay of Chicago rap, Lil Durk, is back at number one on the Billboard album chart with his latest LP, “7220,” surpassing the new albums of Jack White and Fivio Foreign. first one month ago. But the biggest hit this week may be the staying power of Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album,” which …
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech on “a history that will live in disgrace.” Rock band Journey’s song about “a small town girl living in a lonely world” takes the midnight train anywhere. And firsthand accounts of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. The Library of Congress added on Wednesday that each of these are …
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech on “a history that will live in disgrace.” Rock band Journey’s song about “a small town girl living in a lonely world” takes the midnight train anywhere. And firsthand accounts of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. The Library of Congress added on Wednesday that each of these are …
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Machine Gun KellyThe former rapper, who has made himself the buffoon prince of a new pop-punk wave, is opening at number 1 on the Billboard chart with his latest album “Mainstream Sellout”. Produced by Travis Barker from Blink-182, featuring guest appearances by Lil Wayne, Willow and British band Bring Me the Horizon, as well as …
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LOS ANGELES — The experimental Spanish pop phenomenon known for reinventing at breakneck speed, Rosalía often finds herself solving complex musical problems of her own making. For example, how can he blend reggaeton with jazz? Or flamenco with Auto-Tune? How could the machine gun programmed by the Argentine Tayhana slam his digital drums? producer A …
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Nearly three decades after the murder of singer Selena, her family announced that a new album is expected to be released, featuring recordings from the Grammy Award-winning Tejano music star. Inside video interview Last week, with Latin Groove News, the singer’s father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., described the new album, expected to be released next month, …
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Salvant has since recorded “Ogres” It has a 13-piece chamber orchestra conducted by Darcy James Debateand plans to release it as an album. He is also working on a feature-length animated film to accompany the music using his own drawings. Salvant grew up surrounded by music in Miami, but was not immediately interested in jazz. …
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