With ‘A Matter of Time,’ the Jamaican singer balances ambition and tradition
Category archives: Music Features
Why Your Favorite Concerts Are Bigger – and More Expensive – Than Ever
Concert design director Ray Winker explains why shows went from standard promotional tool to Instagram-ready, fan-appeasing spectacles
Bebe Rexha on Her Long Road to Solo Stardom
Before cracking the Top 10 with “Meant to Be,” the singer wrote an Eminem smash and sang for a Pete Wentz side project. Now she’s coming into her own with her first LP
Inside the EDM Tribute Act Boom
Daft Punk haven’t toured in over a decade, but cover bands like One More Time are thriving in their place
How Hayley Kiyoko Became ‘Lesbian Jesus’
The trailblazing singer behind “Curious” and “Girls Like Girls” on her road to fame, playing matchmaker to fans and how she knew she was gay
Amanda Shires, Americana Visionary, Makes Her Rock-Star Move
“You have to play acoustic instruments and be fucking sad all the time,” says the Texas troubadour. “I did not want to do that”
How Saba Made Art Out of Grief on ‘Care for Me’
The Chicago rapper’s latest album is a nuanced exploration of love, dreaming and absence
Inside 03 Greedo’s Last Days of Freedom
The most exciting voice in Los Angeles rap went from a breakthrough year to a 20-year prison sentence
‘F-ck It, We’ll Take the Bet’: The Gold Rush To Sign the Next Rap God
Why the music industry is throwing money into hip-hop at a speed and scale that could spell danger
How Troye Sivan Broke Free
How a Replacements-loving kid from rural Australia stopped second-guessing himself and made a self-assured second album