Sharon Van Etten, 'Porta'
The powerful, synth-heavy track reflects on working through difficult emotions.
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A session with Big Freedia, bounce music's worldwide ambassador
Big Freedia may not be the earliest pioneer of bounce, the high-energy genre that calls New Orleans home, but she has been its most well-known ambassador.
Axe Rash, 'Wrath'
Everything's on fire and Stockholm's Axe Rash is here to fan the flames.
Alexis Nikole Nelson's favorite Tiny Desk concerts
The wild food educator known as Black Forager is a big fan of Tiny Desk concerts. Her favorite performances include Run The Jewels, Mitski and more.
Saba's 'FEW GOOD THINGS' is an exercise in honing perspective
On his lushly produced third studio album, the Chicago rapper cycles through deep breaths amidst uncertainty and psyches himself up with much-needed reassurance.
Snoop Dogg now owns Death Row Records
"It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members," the 50-year-old rapper and mogul said.
Betty Davis, funk pioneer and fashion icon, dies at 77
The incandescent, influential funk musician Betty Davis died on Wednesday. She made a string of albums in the mid-1970s that helped to shape stylish, Afrofuturist strains of funk and hip-hop.
People who work at Dollywood will soon be eligible for free tuition
The Dolly Parton amusement park's parent company will fund all tuition and fees for select programs. "Their futures should be grown with love, not loans," Herschend Enterprises CEO Andrew Wexler says.
Pink Sweat$, 'Spiritual'
Pink Sweat$ explores the notion that one doesn't need sacred text or church pews to have a spiritual encounter.
How Blue Sprocket Pressing put Virginia on the vinyl map
Central Virginia boasts no shortage of recording studios and venues, but it's a vinyl manufacturing operation in Harrisonburg that's put Virginia' s music scene on the map in a whole new way.