LAS CRUCES – Las Cruces-raised country singer Josh Grider digitally released his latest album on November 12 titled “Long Way From Las Cruces,” the title song serving as a “musical biography” for the past 20 years. “New Mexico raised me, Texas made me, Tennessee and I never could figure itRead More →
Ichiko Aoba’s greatest strength is her ability to create pockets of privacy. The Japanese singer-songwriter’s panting voice and placid guitar playing, often the only sounds you hear on her records, create a mesmerizing shroud that makes you feel like she’s playing to yourself. Aoba has been building a clientele inRead More →
It’s all about today’s show for Twenty One Pilots, who not only announce their 2022 North American summer tour, but also play live music from their Chipped and glazed live concert earlier this year. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun will take their show to the road for a 23-date coast-to-coastRead More →
Click to enlarge Known crown bearers: Billie Eilish (left) and Lorde What is a failure for a pop star these days? The music industry is built so lopsided that the biggest names are essentially too big to fail. Even if audiences don’t demand an artist’s current batch of tracks, they’llRead More →
A photo of Taylor Swift from the photoshoot for the Red album cover (Taylor’s Version). Photo credit: Beth Garrabrant Ever since she was 15, writing song lyrics on napkins in high school, Taylor Swift has shown the world her immense talent and business skills. Owning her music is important toRead More →
Adèle’s new album “30” is almost here! The singer’s highly anticipated fourth studio album arrives Friday – six years after her last album, “25” of 2015. In the weeks leading up to the album’s release, Adele caused a stir with fans, first releasing the song “Easy on Me”, dropping theRead More →
Skyler Graham November 9, 2021 – 8:22 PM On November 10, Lakeshore Records is released Passing — Music by and inspired by the original film. The film is about two black women who might pass for white, but they live across the color line during the Harlem Renaissance in theRead More →
The world has been shaped over the past year and a half in an Edward Hopper painting, an art whose core is a reminder that humanity’s default state is isolation. To face it, our jazz universe turned to the solo piano in search of answers to philosophical questions about being,Read More →
Posted in Music By Linnea Peterson On November 5, 2021 In less than a year, I went from first listening to Grace Petrie’s delightfully queer folk music on YouTube to creating a Bandcamp account specifically to pre-order her latest album, Connectivity. It had been years since I last bought musicRead More →
Adele has overcome a global vinyl shortage after making 500,000 copies of her long-awaited new album, 30. The handful of vinyl pressing factories still in operation are battling a shortage of PVC, the compound used to make vinyl records. But Adele’s record label, global giant Sony, used its corporate strengthRead More →