First Listen: Adia Victoria, 'Silences'
For Adia Victoria, the role of Southern blueswoman is wily, radical, thoroughly contemporary and rife with real darkness.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Our Native Daughters, 'Songs Of Our Native Daughters'
Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Allison Russell and Leyla McCalla form a banjo-wielding supergroup dedicated to the history of both string-band music and black women in America.
First Listen: Julia Jacklin, 'Crushing'
A breakup inspired the Australian singer-songwriter to make a powerful record about intimacy, chaos, loneliness and sense of self.
New Albums By Steve Gunn And Michael Chapman Showcase The Guitar's Complexity
The Unseen In Between, by instrumentalist-turned-singer-songwriter Gunn, and True North, by veteran folk musician Chapman, both use the guitar to explore the mysteries of life.
Movie Review: 'The Gospel Of Eureka' And 'The Lego Movie 2'
Two movies about communities-in-conflict open in theaters this weekend, and though they come to basically the same conclusion, they could hardly be more different.
First Listen: Tedeschi Trucks Band, 'Signs'
Veteran blues-rock powerhouses Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks return with an impassioned new album, informed by the deaths of several mentors and family members.
First Listen: Theon Cross, 'Fyah'
The rambunctious, indefatigable tuba player and composer makes a lot of joyful noise on London's jazz scene — part heavy anchor, part combustion engine, with a will to set any groove aflame.
3 Hip-Hop Singles Represent A Diversity Of Sounds
Critic Ken Tucker picks three new hip-hop singles he has on heavy rotation: 21 Savage's fatalistic "A Lot," Lizzo's cheerful "Juice" and Lil Peep's melancholy "I've Been Waiting."
First Listen: Hayes Carll, 'What It Is'
On the Americana singer-songwriter's sixth album, Carll unburdens his mind about the volatility of our time so unassumingly, he never comes close to overburdening his songs.
First Listen: Ladytron, 'Ladytron'
The veteran group's long-awaited new songs sound right at home alongside fellow conceptual electronic pop artists like SOPHIE, Robyn and Christine & The Queens.