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The Beatles: "Now and Then" and Forever
When Paul McCartney announced that he and Ringo Starr had produced a new Beatles song with the aid of AI, many music pundits were skeptical. Was this…
2 years, 4 months ago
Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989s, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato
Three big artists have rerecorded their most hallowed musical material. Taylor Swift, Roger Water and Demi Lovato each have different intentions in p…
2 years, 5 months ago
Chartbreakers: Mitski tops the TikTok chart
It’s time for another edition of our series Chartbreakers, where we take a look at the trends and shakeups happening on the Billboard Hot 100. This w…
2 years, 5 months ago
How the Talking Heads reinvented the concert film (with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz)
The Talking Head's concert film Stop Making Sense first came out forty years ago, and it’s just been rereleased in theaters in a 4k remaster by A24. …
2 years, 5 months ago
Feeling Fine with Faye Webster
The past two episodes of the show have been in Atlanta, and this week, we’re staying there with a look at singer-songwriter Faye Webster. Her music d…
2 years, 5 months ago
Metro Boomin Wants Some More
Few producers have had such a demonstrated impact on the the last decade of music as Metro Boomin. Described by GQ as the “architect of Atlanta rap,”…
2 years, 5 months ago
In Defense of Crunk
Twenty years ago, the song "Get Low" by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz and Ying Yang Twins was released; in the years since, the song has managed to st…
2 years, 6 months ago
Made In America: Jay-Z & Toby Keith ICYMI
In case you missed it rerun from 2016. Back in 2011, two pop songs dropped with the same patriotic title: "Made in America." But the similarities pre…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Art of Flow (with DJ Jazzy Jeff) ICYMI
In hip-hop, what draws us to an artist is not just the content of their lyrics but how they deliver them. Along with tapping your foot to the rhythm,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Doja Cat’s Satanic Suite
For the first time in 2023, a rap song is at number one on Billboard's Hot 100: Doja Cat's “Paint the Town Red.” It’s her second number one single af…
2 years, 6 months ago