Taylor Swift is truly in a category of her own. At first glance, she might seem, to the undiscerning eye, to be just one amongst myriad attractive pop singers who…
21 Savage came from Atlanta’s notorious zone 6, and rose to the top of the rap game with his 2017 debut Issa Album. His follow-up, “I Am…
Netflix has made the experience of “Springsteen on Broadway” available to all. When rock icon Bruce Springsteen decided to tell his story onstage the result was an immediate…
Zayn arose from One Direction fame, and is grappling with the consequences. Boy band stardom sets up expectations that are equal parts fanatical glorification and seething dismissal. Zayn embarked on…
Vic Mensa is a particular admirable figure in the hip-hop community, with a record of social activism that stands out from most of his peers in the scene. He founded…
The 2019 Grammy nominations have been announced, and there are approximately measures of expected outcomes and befuddling choices. Kendrick Lamar reigns supreme with a staggering eight nominations, including…
“Please stop calling us a rock band,” pleads singer Matty Healy of enigmatic Manchester outfit The 1975, “‘cause I think that’s the only music we don’t make.” It’s a valid point. The “pop”…
Word has been out that Chris Martin was curating a record for Global Citizen, a movement with the ambitious goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. In keeping with the organization’s international scope,…
Alessia Cara introduced herself to the world, on her breakthrough 2015 single “Here,” as “an antisocial pessimist.” Angst is a rare commodity in contemporary pop R&B, and this type of…
UK singer Rita Ora started at number one in her country, with her 2012 debut “Ora.” Such a promising start can be frustrating in of itself, as it…