For the past two nights, Ringo Starr celebrated his new country album Look Up with guest-heavy performances at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium, which were filmed for a TV special and became ...

Within days of the wildfires that have consumed so much of the Los Angeles area, plans for an all-star benefit concert began to take shape. The event, known as FireAid, will take place on Jan. 30, and ...

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As a member of Portishead, Beth Gibbons hasn’t toured North America since 2011; as a solo artist, she hasn’t toured North ...

Mari Maurice, known professionally as More Eaze, has collaborated with people like claire rousay and Lomelda. Lynn Avery, ...

French singer/producer Oklou has worked with the likes of A. G. Cook and Flume, and today she’s adding Bladee to that roster of collaborators. The Swedish rapper features on “take me by the hand,” the ...

Staten Island goons Combust have truly carried the flag for classic New York hardcore in all its swaggering, stomping, ’90s-style glory. Lots of bands are messing around with that NYHC sound, but ...

The late Detroit musician Ted Lucas never became famous, but he did a lot of things in the ’60s and ’70s. Lucas led psych-rock bands like the Spike-Drivers and the Misty Wizards. He worked as a studio ...

Wilco’s Nels Cline is back with a new band. The Consentrik Quartet features Cline on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on saxophone, Chris Lightcap on bass, and Tom Rainey on drums, and the crew is announcing ...

Ulla Straus, a formerly Philadelphia-based ambient musician now located in Germany according to their Bandcamp page, has graced us with a devastatingly gorgeous new album today. Hometown Girl, the new ...

A few weeks back, a special guest showed up to see Trapped Under Ice play a triumphant hometown gig at Baltimore’s Ottobar. John Waters, one of the city’s great living icons, was up in the tiny ...

“Ocean Stepping” is produced by Kwes Darko and comes with a visual by director Gabriel Moses, who explains, “John is just herself. That’s what’s always drawn me to her — she’s an individual and brings ...