M. Ward releasing Billie Holiday covers LP benefitting BLM (stream a track)
'Think of Spring' will be out in December.
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Fishbone debut timely new song inspired by “Strange Fruit,” new album coming soon
”It’s been 35 years and a day since the release of our debut EP, we still at this... still OG, still speaking on it,” the band says of their new song, which updates the themes of ”Strange Fruit” to address the police brutality of today.
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 (Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Missy Elliott, Alanis Morissette, more)
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.
32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amaz…
We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a mus…
Stealing Sheep tell us about starting their U.S. tour when COVID-19 hit, share quarantine …
”We were in a surreal position of being in the most exciting city in the world counting down the days we could leave and hoping for our own ruby slippers moment.” -- UK trio Stealing Sheep on their experience of being in NYC when COVID-19 hit.
Rhiannon Giddens, Courtney Marie Andrews & more paid tribute to women rock pioneers in NYC…
Wednesday night's program, ”The Motherlode,” paid tribute to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and others through performances by Amina Claudine Myers, Courtney Marie Andrews, Rhiannon Giddens, Cleo Reed, Lizz Wright, Charenee Wade, Valerie Simpson and more.
The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire
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.
Trevor Powers discusses what he’s listening to on tour
The former Youth Lagoon frontman made a list that includes experimental composers Laurie Spiegel and Pamela Z, ambient pioneers Harold Budd and Tangerine Dream, grime vet Dizzee Rascal, vocal-jazz legend Billie Holiday, and more.
Billie Holiday’s last NYC home is for sale (for 13 million)
You don't have to be able to sing your heart out to own the former Upper West Side home of jazz great Billie Holiday, but you will need more than twice as much as you would have six years ago...