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When we think of jazz, we think of instruments — saxophones, pianos, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, bass, drums, and guitars — blending in unpredictable ways to craft listening journeys fit for late nights and early mornings. We think of peace, relaxation, maybe even distraction. The genre’s proven its versatility with its presence on playlists for dinner […]

Charli XCX was an early supporter of Addison Rae’s music career, featuring her on 2023’s “2 Die 4” and then getting her on the “Von Dutch” remix from Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat in 2024. They’ve performed live together before and now they’ve done it again. Rae took The Addison Tour

Conan Gray dropped his new album Wishbone earlier this year, and now he’s getting ready to show it to the world. Today (October 20), he announced a massive tour in support of the project, with the run kicking off next year. Gray starts with a Minneapolis show in February before hitting other major North American

Photo: Shahar Azran/Getty Images Soul legend D’Angelo has died after his long battle pancreatic cancer. The Grammy-winning artist was 51. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), his family confirmed the tragic news of the neo-soul singer’s passing in New York City earlier in the morning. “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us

Sudan Archives put her heels to work in the high-fashion video for “A Bug’s Life,” the latest single from her upcoming album, The BPM. The video sees Sudan marching through the desert with a bouquet of balloons, and then donning a chrome bodysuit that Beyoncé would definitely approve of. The track itself transforms a soulful

Debates in hip-hop are common; even those not crammed into the dark corners of rap-focused internet discussion forums know about the “top five” debate. Another common, but more granular, version of that debate often comes in the form of “best rap duos.” The names in that one often boil down to some combination of Clipse,

For anyone familiar with Zio (pronounced ZEE-YO), one thing’s clear — he’s never played by anyone else’s rules. A Pittsburgh heavyweight since the MySpace days, Zio became the first artist from his city to reach a million streams at just 18, later earning a nomination alongside Wiz Khalifa for “Best Male Hip Hop Artist.” His

As many of us who grew up in the age of Napster and Limewire can attest, creating the perfect playlist is an art form, one that we should not hand over to the likes of streaming curators or even TikTok algorithms. Instead, curation is a ship that only tried and true music lovers should helm.

You tune a chorus until sunrise, hit save, and grin. Release plans wait like dominos on a long table, but you want them to fall in rhythm. So you breathe, sip whatever counts as courage, and promise to make this roll out feel like a conversation that circles the globe and keeps circling. You link