Old Fire (feat. Bill Callahan), 'Don't You Go'
Old Fire's cover of this John Martyn song is a delicate elegy with cinematic scale.
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Peter Matthew Bauer, 'Miracles'
Like adulthood itself, "Miracles" is bittersweet — a meditation on regrets and the passage of time.
Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop
From unreleased music to promotional flyers, photos, a mirrored dressing room sign, and even a stray Andy Warhol print, Blondie's out with a new box set, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982.
This reissue proves Roger Miller was more than just a novelty act
Best known for novelty songs like "King of the Road," Miller was also a serious songwriter who wrote ballads for artists such as Ray Price. Miller's '70 album A Trip in the Country is newly available.
Amor Perdido: 25 Latin ballads for summer heartbreak
There's no better tool for leaning into lost love than boleros, Bad Bunny and Chente.
Botch, 'One Twenty Two'
The band that turned metallic hardcore into a game of daggers — all sharp angles, twisted riffs and ferocious barks — broke up 20 years ago. Now, Botch returns with an absolute bruiser of a track.
Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town
Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.
Lauded trumpeter and composer jaimie branch dies at 39
A rising star in the world of improvised music with her group FLY or DIE, branch died on Monday at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash
Microsoft's chief software engineer blogged about it. Raymond Chen says a specific frequency, like the one in "Rhythm Nation," makes Windows XP hard drives go black.
New quartet album by jazz drummer Billy Drummond is a treat
On Valse Sinistre, Drummond's ride-cymbal beat is lively, varied and full of passing cross-rhythms — the sound of a musician fully engaged and in the habit of attentive listening.