Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist: Wet Leg, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Rosalía, more
Obama's Summer Playlist 2022 album includes songs by Harry Styles, Nina Simone, Jack White, Al Green, Burna Boy, Bad Bunny, Lyle Lovett, Fatboy Slim and more.
Aretha Franklin
Jane Inc. discusses the influences behind her great new album ‘Faster Than I Can Take’
Caryn Bezic, who has played in US Girls, Ice Cream and more, just released her second album as Jane Inc, and her list of influences behind it include Swedish Pop, Lou Reed, Madonna, and more.
Brigid Mae Power announces covers EP, shares rendition of Songs: Ohia’s “Didn’t It Rain”
The EP also features covers of Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, and a traditional Irish song.
Roger Hawkins, legendary Muscle Shoals drummer, RIP
Roger played on Aretha Franklin’s “Respect“ and “Chain of Fools,“ Percy Sledge's “When a Man Loves a Woman,“ Wilson Pickett's “Mustang Sally“ and “Land of 1000 Dances,“ and many more iconic songs.
St. Vincent shares International Women’s Day playlist
She also talked about her love of Billie Holiday, saying, ”long live the genius spirit of Billie Holiday that will live on forever through her transcendent work.”
Music documentary add-on channel ’The Coda Collection’ launches on Amazon Prime
If you love music documentaries, a new streaming channel called The Coda Collection has just launched as an add-on to Amazon Prime Video that focuses entirely on that medium...
Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie, & more may become statues in Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’
Also on the list for Trump's proposed monument garden: Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, and many more.
Rolling Stone remade their ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’ list from scratch
Voters included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, John Cale, Wayne Coyne, Jimmy Cliff, Robert Smith, Waxahatchee, El-P, and over 300 others.
Bright Eyes made a “Sad Indie Mixtape”
Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Drake, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Patti Smith, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and more.
Today’s livestreams (Mac DeMarco, Beck, A$AP Ferg, JPEGMAFIA, Richard Thompson, more)
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.