Music Reviews

Venezuelan folk artist Betsayda Machado keeps it real both musically and politically on her new sngle.

Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding will be in the recording studio for 77 hours, conjuring her next album out of thin air. We'll be watching closely — and so can you.

The band reignited the sound of early rock 'n' roll on its debut album, and its influence can be heard today across a wide swath of genres — anywhere that danger and sex are cause for celebration.

DJ and producer Camilo Lara is the mastermind behind the Mexican Institute of Sound — he's back with a sneak peek of a new album expected this fall.

Aided by producer Joe Henry, the jazz and gospel singer strikes a balance between ecstasy and empathy on her sixth album.

Follow the deteriorating relationship with this plaintive, ever-shifting single from the Brooklyn-based jazz-electronic-pop musician.

From the Italian death-rock band's concept album about resistance fighters during WWII, "Al di fuori del male" ("Outside Of Evil") represents Contravveleno at its most strident.

"Influenced by many, but I'm a whole new star." Rapsody ascends on the shapeshifting first single from Laila's Wisdom.

If you thought All Of Something signaled the end of Sports (the band), then surprise! The high-energy breakup song "Making It Right" appears on a split 7" with sob rockers Plush.

In his first album of original material in 17 years, the erstwhile Doobie Brother moves with a tenderness that comes from age and newfound wonderment, even if McDonald's voice hasn't aged a day.