Aretha Franklin

plus Courtney Marie Andrews, Major Lazer, Sheck Wes, The Interrupters, Kehlani, Billy Bragg, Steve Gunn, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

plus The National, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, David Bazan, Big Thief, The Shins, and more.

Bambara’s new album, Stray, is out this week on Wharf Cat.

‘Genius: Aretha Franklin’ stars Cynthia Erivo and will air beginning Memorial Day Weekend on National Geographic.

Before next weekend’s glitzy Emmy Awards ceremony, more awards were given out at the Creative Arts Emmys, and winners included ‘The Simpsons,’ ’Queer Eye,’ ’The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’ and more.

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

Aretha was given a special award for ”her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” In other news, composer Ellen Reid was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work ’p r i s m.’

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Bob Mould/Titus Andronicus, Vince Staples/Buddy, the Jonas Mekas tribute (with Patti Smith, Lee Ranaldo & more), Rickie Lee Jones, Blackalicious, Smif-N-Wessun, and more.

Anderson .Paak and Mos Def did a medley of Slum Village’s ”Fall In Love,” Mos Def’s ”Ms. Fat Booty,” and Aretha Franklin’s ”One Step Ahead,” while Black Star did their classic ”Thieves In The Night” and Talib’s ”Love Language.”