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Despite his superhuman ability to end up in the news, Kanye West doesn’t give many interviews. Last night, though, the New York Times published a lengthy career spanning Q&A between the rapper and writer Jon Caramanica —...
Star of songs, sketches and the silver screen for over a hundred years, the Eiffel Tower is now taking the lead role in a musical composition which will see the landmark speak for itself.The structure is an instrument for a piece to be entitled "Tower music...
The success of Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky’s major label debut, “LongLiveA$AP,” meant that it was just a matter of time before the other members of his collective, A$AP Mob, struck out on their own. First out of the gate is A$AP Ferg, in...
Bi Kidude, the Zanzibari singer known for her intense and powerful performances, has died. Her exact age was unknown, but according to The Guardian, she was around 102. She was one of the first Zanzibari women “to lift the veil and sing in public,” and was...
SEOUL — Having an unexpected smash hit on your hands would be a joy to most, but discussions of a “one-hit wonder” nature are never far behind. And for K-pop sensation Psy, the pressure seems to have been particularly intense, so much so that...
It’s finally happened: the Daft Punk album that’s been talked about since the French house duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter signed with Columbia Records in January has been confirmed. The build-up to the...
The day pop music fans have been waiting for since late January is finally upon us: the official release of Justin Timberlake’s third studio album, “The 20/20 Experience.” Since announcing the album the same day he debuted its first single, “Suit...
As much as she’s been in the news lately – singing the national anthem at the Presidential Inauguration, turning in a half time performance that caused the lights to go out at the Super Bowl – Beyoncé hasn’t actually released any new solo material in...
If there were any doubts about the lingering force of fabled rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix more than four decades after his death, his latest single should put them to rest.The single "Somewhere" went to No.1 on the Billboard Hot Singles sales in...
The first thing you’ll notice upon listening to Buke and Gase’s latest album, “General Dome” (Brassland), is how noisy and raucous it is. While pure decibel power is nothing new for a rock band, rarely is it so effectively generated by just two people....
