First Listen: Estelle, 'Lovers Rock'
Lovers Rock chronicles the love story of Estelle's parents through the romantic music of her forebears.
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Vendors Make The Most Of Aretha Franklin's Public Viewing
The scene outside the public viewing for Aretha Franklin is a little like a concert. T-shirts, music and other memorabilia are being sold to fans who have come to pay their respects.
Reggaetón And The Search For Identity After Hurricane María
It's no question that the streaming percentage of songs in Spanish has skyrocketed over the last year. But what does this increase in visibility mean to Puerto Ricans, post-María?
DJ Khaled Launches Furniture Line
Musician DJ Khaled has launched a line of furniture.
First Listen: Swamp Dogg, 'Love, Loss, And Auto-Tune'
The Southern soul survivor possesses the gonzo showmanship, expansive vision and warped wit to carry the imaginative fun of his music into the Auto-Tune era.
First Listen: Paul Simon, 'In The Blue Light'
Revision's redemptive potential permeates Paul Simon's 14th solo album. In the Blue Light features ten recordings of old works, newly considered.
First Listen: Spiritualized, 'And Nothing Hurt'
J. Spaceman makes a living room sound like a cathedral because, well, he didn't have a choice.
First Listen: St. Paul & The Broken Bones, 'Young Sick Camellia'
The Alabama band keeps getting weirder, more inventive and, in danceable ringers like "Apollo," more committed than ever to the pleasures of sprightly, joyous funk.
First Listen: Pig Destroyer, 'Head Cage'
Pig Destroyer has never just been a grindcore band; it also provides an evolutionary timeline of extreme music. Head Cage expands the group's rampaging palette.
Luciana Souza Explores Saudade In Her New Album 'The Book Of Longing'
Luciana Souza is a Grammy-nominated jazz singer and composer best known for thoughtful takes on her native Brazilian songs. In The Book of Longing, she explores saudade, or yearning.