Kurt Vile, 'Like Exploding Stones'
Listening to Kurt Vile's "Like Exploding Stones" is like falling down the rabbit-hole. James Stewart of the Sun Ra Arkestra guests.
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Ye Vagabonds, 'Blue is the Eye'
The Irish folk duo unveils its new album with a stirring lullaby.
50 Foot Wave, 'Staring into the Sun'
A gauzy, slow-motion headbanger that gives 50 Foot Wave's Kristin Hersh space to bare her teeth.
New Zealand hopes blasting music will cause protesters to leave
They wanted to clear thousands of protesters opposed to vaccine mandates from in front of Parliament. Among the songs blasted: "Mandy," "Baby Shark" and the "Macarena." Hundreds of protesters remain.
Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Opera and cabaret comingle when two odd bedfellows bring music by Philip Glass, The Bangles, Peter Gabriel and Christoph Willibald Gluck to a "tiny apartment" in Manhattan.
The Super Bowl halftime show was a mixture of respectability and reckoning
Even with the petite moments of refusal, the whole performance feels like hip-hop's audition for an all-American passport.
New Zealand hopes Barry Manilow, James Blunt and the Macarena can disperse protesters
Anti-government protesters are refusing to budge from their encampment in Wellington. One lawmaker is blasting music and COVID-19 vaccine announcements, a tactic that's drawn mixed reviews.
For Valentine's Day, a few of our favorite love stories to read, watch and hear
Valentine's Day reminds us we can relearn and redefine what it means to love and be loved. So, we offer some books, songs, and movies about passion, devotion, and relationships to take on the journey.
Eminem takes a knee during the Super Bowl halftime show
The rapper took a knee for about 50 seconds during the star-studded halftime performance. It came during a set from some of hip-hop's biggest stars.
Drummer Howard Grimes, the backbone of Memphis soul, dies at 80
His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.