News and InterviewsLizzo played James Madison's crystal flute Rachel Treisman • Sep 28, 2022The Library of Congress had invited Lizzo to check out its flute collection during her tour stop. On Tuesday, she played a few notes on the historic instrument, twerked and declared history cool.
News and InterviewsTrusted music producer Zak Khan finds his own creative voiceMacie Rasmussen and Bump Opera • Sep 28, 2022For the past few years, the Minneapolis-based producer has formed artistic bonds with Papa Mbye, Fruitpunchloverboy, Huhroon, and several other exciting Twin Cities music projects. Now, he’s exploring his own identity as an artist.
News and InterviewsLambchop's long and winding roadGrayson Haver Currin • Sep 28, 2022Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth.
In MemoriamJoe Bussard, American recordings collector, has died Lars Gotrich • Sep 27, 2022Joe Bussard not only sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared, but shared the music with giddy excitement.
News and InterviewsLizzo: interview with Jill Riley Jill Riley • Sep 26, 2022‘I'm just a vessel for change,’ Lizzo tells the Morning Show’s Jill Riley. ‘And, you know, that's all I ever aim to be.’
News and InterviewsRihanna to take center stage at Super Bowl halftimeThe Associated Press • Sep 25, 2022The singer, who declined to perform in 2019 out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline February's show.
News and InterviewsRoger Waters cancels Poland dates after Ukraine remarksThe Associated Press • Sep 25, 2022Local media reports that Roger Waters canceled two concerts in Krakow after facing criticism for blaming "extreme nationalists" in Ukraine for having set the country on the path to war.
In MemoriamJazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders dies at 81Andrew Flanagan and Nate Chinen • Sep 24, 2022Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.
News and InterviewsJake Blount's 'The New Faith' is a cautionary taleJewly Hight • Sep 22, 2022On Blount's new concept album, the singer, scholar and multi-instrumentalist reimagines field recordings of spirituals to tell a story about a time after the climate crisis has destroyed the earth.
News and InterviewsMariah Carey says we should finally hear her secret 1995 grunge albumMerrit Kennedy • Sep 20, 2022Carey has shared that recordings of the alternative album with her lead vocals have been found. And she hinted that the elusive project will finally be released.