Music

Eurovision 2020 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Broadcasting Union announced on Wednesday. “It is with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam,” the EBU wrote in a statement. “Over the past few weeks we have …

Thundercat has released a new song titled “Fair Chance” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Lil B. The track is off his upcoming LP It Is What It Is, out April 3rd on Brainfeeder. With a chorus that laments “I keep holdin’ you down/Even though, you’re not around” and a verse …

Until it arrived on Thursday night in the midst of a pandemic, almost no one could assert one way or another whether Jay Electronica‘s album was actually going to appear. He — and his label, Jay Z’s Roc Nation — had stoked the fires, and rumors abounded, including that this …

UPDATE (3/13):Cruise to the Edge has been postponed, date to be determined. All reservations will be honored when a new sail date is announced. “We are disappointed that this catastrophic world situation has impacted us and all of our Cruise to the Edge Family, but we are excited that we …

Margo Price analyzes the pitfalls of touring in the blazing new song “Twinkle Twinkle.” The singer also announced a new album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, out May 8th via Loma Vista Recordings. Directed by Matthew Siskin, the video for the track features a psychedelic collage come to life, as …

Haim appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their new song “The Steps.” Appearing with three backing musicians, the trio gave the track a raucous interpretation, full of three-part harmonies and upbeat rhythms. “The Steps” comes off the band’s upcoming new album, Women in Music Part III, which is out …

Like most hip-hop fans, the Philadelphia producer Ike Beatz went to sleep on Thursday night, doing his best to will a new Lil Uzi Vert album — the first since 2017 — into existence. Even though Ike claims he hasn’t seen the rapper in four years, the producer worked on …

The jukebox musical — or “catalog musical,” as some on Broadway prefer to call it — has been running rampant for more than a decade now, leaving both triumphs and travesties in its wake. But even after we’ve seen the lives of Cher, the Temptations, Carole King, and the Four …

By the time Debbie Harry started Blondie, she’d already seen a great deal of the world — or at least become plenty worldly. By 29, she’d played housewife to (though never married) a blue-collar worker in New Jersey, escaped to New York and stumbled upon the Velvet Underground playing a …

In early March 1978, Willie Nelson was atop Billboard’s country albums and country singles charts with friend and frequent duet partner Waylon Jennings. Their Waylon & Willie LP had spawned a massive hit with “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” which enjoyed a four-week run at …