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Watch Kendrick Lamar’s fans rap a word-perfect rendition of ‘Humble’ back at him
"I appreciate y'all so fucking much".<p>Kendrick Lamar watched on in awe earlier this week when his fans sang back a word-perfect rendition of ‘Humble’ …
EntertainmentDave Chappelle Talks with Kendrick Lamar About Self-Expression and Tupac
"Everybody has their own perspective, and recognizing someone else's perspective blows my mind a hundred thousand percent."<p><i>This article originally appeared on Noisey Canada.</i><p>Kendrick Lamar's interviews are always essential, but adding another legend to the mix takes things up a notch. Dave Chappelle …
Kendrick Lamar'A Pocketful Of Blues': Charles Lloyd On 'Passin' Thru'
"I've got a pocketful of blues here still, you know?" says Charles Lloyd, the saxophonist-flutist-composer-bandleader who, at 79, has become one of jazz's enlightened elders.<p>To the extent that it's a question, it's a loaded one. Musically speaking, the blues ring out loud and clear in Lloyd's …
JazzListen to Garbage’s New Song “No Horses” | Pitchfork
Garbage have shared a new song called “No Horses.” Listen to it below. “‘No Horses’ started as a jam, hardly any music, like a lot of these weird noise loops, and Shirley sang this amazing line over it,” drummer Butch Vig told <i>Variety</i> earlier this month. “It’s very Patti Smith stream of …
EntertainmentBreaking Big: Rationale wants to be the next Pharrell Williams — and Katy Perry is already a fan
<i>Who’s topping the charts, going viral, and ruling our earbuds? Every week, EW introduces the freshest music talent you have to hear now. Below, get to know Rationale, who co-wrote the best song on Katy Perry’s</i> Witness <i>and just released a new single, “Loving Life,” from his just-announced new</b> …
Pharrell WilliamsHear Coldplay's Uplifting New Song With Big Sean
"Miracles (Someone Special)" appears on band's new 'Kaleidoscope' EP<p>Coldplay unite with rapper Big Sean on "Miracles (Someone Special)," an uplifting …
EntertainmentDavid Guetta: Ibiza's Peter Pan talks Ibiza, EDM and the island's changing club scene
For anyone who has ventured out to Ibiza, hopefully they will agree that the atmosphere is a kind of “Neverland for grown-ups” – if that concept …
Entertainment'Musica Maestra' - DW presents a multimedia classical music special
Star conductor Alondra de la Parra is both reporter and protagonist in DW's unique new series "Musica Maestra." She will be appearing in 26 …
OrchestrasWatch Daft Punk's Hits Played By A Marching Band For Bastille Day
It's Bastille Day in France, so what better way to celebrate 1789's violent overthrow of the monarchy than with some French house music — <i>désolé</i>, <i>musique de maison</i> — arranged for a marching band?<p>Closing out this year's parade in Paris, a French army marching band performed a medley of Daft Punk songs …
Daft PunkChronixx Is the New Golden Boy of Reggae
The rising legend just dropped the soundtrack to your summer.<p>Photographs by<p>It is a strange thing to be a Jamaican artist trying to break into the American music scene in 2017. For many American listeners, their knowledge of reggae begins (and ends) with the name Marley (right now, half of the …
Stevie WonderStaatskapelle Berlin and Zazà: this week’s best UK classical concerts
Daniel Barenboim conducts the two Elgar symphonies as part of the Proms, while Opera Holland Park revives Leoncavallo’s sentimental comedy<p>1 <b>Staatskapelle Berlin</b><p>Daniel Barenboim has become an annual visitor to the Proms. The orchestra that he conducts in Berlin appears regularly with him at the …
OrchestrasThis magical drug mansion in Upstate New York is where the psychedelic ’60s took off
Owned by one of America’s richest families, Millbrook hosted Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsburg, Charles Mingus and more<p>William Mellon Hitchcock was not …
CultureHow Vince Staples' new album finds unlikely hope in nihilism
On Big Fish Theory, the California rapper delivers an authentic response to the political situation, demanding revolution with no delusions as to how unlikely that is<p>Long before he was elected to office, writers were prescribing art as responses to Trump or Trumpism. When asked in a <i>New York Times</i> …
Vince Staples50 Cent Claps Back at Conor McGregor for Taking a Shot at Him and Floyd Mayweather
The Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor promotional tour made a stop at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, and unlike the first two promo …
50 CentDizzee Rascal responds to ‘imaginary feud’ with Wiley
'I’d be glad to expose that guy, but that’s not my job'<p>Amid the toing and froing of ‘diss tracks’, Dizzee Rascal has described his supposed ongoing …
Does This Look Like a Man Who Enjoys Daft Punk?
This French marching band's "One More Time" cover is very good. But the video of Trump watching their performance is very awkward.<p>Does Trump listen to music? This is an interesting question. We know he's heard <i>music</i>—"instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, …
Daft PunkCrowds get lucky as France’s military musicians play Daft Punk tracks
This is the moment military musicians let their normally solemn guard down to play tracks by a popular French duo.<p>Their tempo change seemingly struck a chord with French president Emmanuel Macron, in contrast to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.<p>They played music by electronic duo Daft Punk, …
Daft PunkItalian pianist plays the highest piano concert in the world on Monte Rosa
An Italian pianist decided to combine the two loves of her life by playing the highest piano concert in the world on Monte Rosa, which lies between Switzerland and Italy.<p>Elisa Tomellini is a prestigious musician once described by the Guardian as one of the “brightest talents among today’s …
JazzChance the Rapper sparks rumors of SoundCloud buyout
<b>The US rapper has a good relationship with the troubled streaming platform.</b>Chance the Rapper has sparked rumors of a SoundCloud buyout, amid reports …
EntertainmentFrench military band plays Daft Punk medley, leaving Donald Trump bemused
US President Donald Trump looks somewhat nonplussed as a French brass band plays some of Daft Punk's biggest hits at the climax of the Bastille Day parade in Paris.
Daft PunkThe Fitness Marshall Makes Your Wishes Come True With This Ultrahot Camila Cabello Dance
Yes, this dance is an insanely fun routine. Yes, you'll burn tons of calories and break a sweat (in just four minutes). And yes, this song is fire. But the best part about The Fitness Marshall's latest video? This is a treasure trove of hilarious quotes from Caleb. From "That's the sound of your …
FitnessBirdy talks soul, pre-show rituals and the Somerset House Summer Series
To celebrate Somerset House’s annual Summer Series with American Express, we sat down with chart-topping singer Birdy to get us excited…<p>Every year …
Aretha FranklinThrough My Sister's Eyes: Allison And Katie Crutchfield On Each Other's Music
<i>Katie and</i> <i>Allison Crutchfield</i> <i>are perhaps the hardest-working twins in indie rock today. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Allison and Katie</i> <i>started playing music together in their early teens. Since then, they've been in myriad bands, both with each other and apart. The sisters started The Ackleys when they</i> …
Trump wore his 'where am I?' face as the French army played a Daft Punk medley
There are many gaps in Donald Trump's knowledge. How journalism works, for instance.<p>Well, now we can add electronic music to the seemingly endless list of things that Trump has no knowledge of.<p>Trump, who's currently hanging out in France with President Emmanuel Macron, was watching the Bastille Day …
Daft PunkFlying Lotus doesn’t ‘give a f***’ if anyone buys his disturbing new movie
Even if you don’t know Flying Lotus (real name Steven Ellison), you’ve probably heard him. The 33-year-old producer from Los Angeles has made a name …
Kendrick LamarChocolate is 'essential' for the BBC Proms
<b>If you're heading to the BBC Proms this year, take a tip from the professionals: Bring chocolate.</b><p>"Chocolate is the essential ingredient," says Igor Levit, who will play Beethoven's groundbreaking third piano concerto at the First Night.<p>"If my white tie is here and chocolate is with me, all is fine."<p>…
OrchestrasEmmanuel Macron forced Trump to sit through a Daft Punk cover band
If there’s one thing millennials loved about Barack Obama, it’s how hip and with it of a president he was. If you need any indication, just listen to …
Daft PunkMark Knopfler Gives a Short Masterclass on His Favorite Guitars & Guitar Sounds
American guitar came of age in the fifties, with the blues, folk, country, and jazz playing of Mississippi John Hurt, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Merle …
GuitarFat Possum’s Blues Treasure Trove
A new collection of rare archival recordings of ten blues legends<p>In the 1960s, blues scholar Gene Rosenthal and musicologist John Fahey scoured the Mississippi Delta in search of blues legends, some of whom—like Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and Bukka White—hadn’t recorded in decades. When …
JazzBeyoncé Reveals Newborn Twins—Sir and Rumi Carter—in the Most Beyoncé Way Ever
Sir and Rumi Carter have arrived.
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