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The singer announced she’s playing at the NFL Christmas Day Halftime Show at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game, which is between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens, will be streamed ...

The music of Alabama’s Johnny Coley draws from a similar well. The 74-year-old poet narrates the songs of his third album, Mister Sweet Whisper, as if he’s guiding you through a landscape he’s ...

An expanded reissue calls back to the tumultuous era that produced the New York band’s landmark 2004 debut, which posed desperate pleasure as a way of making meaning in a hostile world. This dynamic, ...

The British Gambian rapper chronicles his cellblock daydreams on family, freedom, and feeling alien in the UK while hinting ...