Ballaké Sissoko Djourou
Given he plays an instrument that makes such serene and tranquil music, Ballaké Sissoko has encountered an awful lot of people hellbent on smashing his kora. First, there were the Islamic terrorists who overran northern Mali and destroyed every musical instrument they could find....
Korean music labels file complaint over new military deferment law
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Japanese Breakfast Is A Grocery-Store Ghost In ‘Posing In Bondage’ Video
Although her third album Jubilee isn’t set to be released until June 4, Japanese Breakfast is certainly keeping her fans well-fed with fresh tunes. On Thursday (April 8), the 32-year-old singer-songwriter, born Michelle Zauner, unveiled a slew of brand new tour dates and an eerie, dreamlike music video for “Posing in...
Prince’s “lost” album Welcome 2 America is finally getting released
The Prince Estate have announced details of a new release. Dating from 2010, Welcome 2 America is finally due for release on July 30 through Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, and can be pre-ordered here. You can hear the title track...
St. Vincent Sings From A Crystal Ball In ‘The Melting Of The Sun’ Music Video
When St. Vincent debuted her newest track, “The Melting of the Sun,” on Saturday Night Live on April 3, she sat the portrait of a ’70s superstar in a heavy fur coat and a glittering white and pink dress, electric guitar in hand. Though...
Taylor Swift Drops ‘From The Vault’ Breakup Bop ‘Mr. Perfectly Fine’
At this point, it’s safe to say Taylor Swift has mastered the element of surprise. Her last two albums — 2020’s Folklore and Evermore — were both released either on the same day or within the week were announced online. Then, in February, she broke the internet with...
Tierra Whack Climbs Aboard A Lego Spaceship In Dreamy ‘Link’ Music Video
Tierra Whack has all the building blocks she needs in the dreamy, intergalactic music video for her latest single “Link,” out Tuesday (April 6). Released as part of Lego’s “Rebuild the World” campaign, which aims to inspire everyone to “see the world through through children’s eyes,” the video’s storyline...
BTS Continue To Smash Chart Records with Feel-Good Summer Single ‘Dynamite’
Since the release of BTS’s feel-good, disco-infused summer single “Dynamite” last August, the group has made it an almost weekly habit of setting new records on the Billboard charts. The track became the group’s first-ever No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart (and the...
Richard Thompson on the flowering of Fairport Convention
The current issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here, with free P&P for the UK – features an exclusive extract from Richard Thompson’s forthcoming memoir Beeswing in which he recalls how, in 1967, the newly formed...Recent Posts
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