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11/02/2020

Tori Amos: Loud and Clear

Tori Amos: Loud and Clear ( - ) https://redef.it/2HZaizZ

Still using her voice to change the world? You bet your life she is

10/28/2020

Joni Mitchell: 'I'm a fool for love. I make the same mistake over and over' ( - ) https://redef.it/34wXmdv

10/08/2020

Jhené Aiko: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Jhené Aiko: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert ( - ) https://redef.it/2Sn8Nxr

One of R&B's biggest stars performs an eight-song medley for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

10/08/2020

Song Exploder | Dua Lipa

Song Exploder: Dua Lipa – 'Levitating' ( Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk - ) https://redef.it/3lrtJjF

Dua Lipa breaks down her song "Levitating."

10/07/2020

The Rise and Fall of Vanilla Ice, As Told by Vanilla Ice ( - ) https://redef.it/36AVFNK

10/06/2020

Blackpink Are Doing It Big Without The Exhausting Bloat

Blackpink Are Doing It Big Without The Exhausting Bloat ( - ) https://redef.it/2Svnfne

Everything about Blackpink is huge and emphatic and in your face. The crushing titanium beats, the severe top-of-the-lungs melodies and swaggering rap bars, the ostentatious eye-catching outfits, the bombastically busy and colorful music videos, the radical empowerment messaging, even the all-caps a...

10/05/2020

Mariah Carey: ‘They’re calling me a diva? I think I’m going to cry!’

Mariah Carey: ‘They’re calling me a diva? I think I’m going to cry!’ ( - ) https://redef.it/36xFb9a

A brutal childhood, a traumatic marriage, decades of racism: the singer has overcome it all on her way to the top. She lets rip about the people who have wronged her and the self-belief that sustains her

10/05/2020

A few thoughts on “Better Than We Found It"

A few thoughts on Maren Morris' "Better Than We Found It" () https://redef.it/2GzfQR9

I wrote this today, when I was supposed to be taking time away from homeschooling and snack-fetching to work on my book. But after I heard Maren Morris’ “Better Than We Found It,” I couldn’t concentrate on anything else. I spat this out and put it here; don’t get used to it, this won’t b...

10/01/2020

Getting to the Meaning of Mariah Carey

Getting to the Meaning of Mariah Carey ( - ) https://redef.it/2GdsKV3

The singer’s memoir, out Tuesday, will dive into her struggles and early-life pain, but she’s always put her life on display

10/01/2020

Kid Cudi Wants You to Know He's Happy Now

Kid Cudi Wants You to Know He's Happy Now ( - ) https://redef.it/3l4vsuK

In a rare intimate conversation, the rapper-actor opens up to Esquire about his struggles with mental health and finding his way back.

10/01/2020

The moonlight confessions of Stevie Nicks

The moonlight confessions of Stevie Nicks ( - ) https://redef.it/347GybK

On the eve of the release of a solo concert film, Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks opens up on Lindsey Buckingham's exit and looking for love in her 70s.

09/28/2020

Peaches Wants to Watch It Crumble

Peaches Wants to Watch It Crumble ( - ) https://redef.it/330p0il

20 years after "The Teaches of Peaches," the world is still catching up with the artist’s forward-thinking outlook on life.

09/28/2020

Soul and Energy: Producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz on Verzuz

Soul and Energy: Producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz on Verzuz ( - ***oy) https://redef.it/367s4Lr

A conversation with the mastermind producers on their streaming-battle sensation and why everyone from LeBron James to Kamala Harris is tuning in

09/25/2020

Lizzo on Hope, Justice, and the Election

Lizzo on Hope, Justice, and the Election (Claudia Rankine - ) https://redef.it/33UtI0p

At a time of unprecedented strife, struggle, and opportunity, Claudia Rankine meets up—at a distance—with Lizzo, the musical sage who wants us to get through this moment together.

09/23/2020

On figuring out what's important

Musician Lucinda Williams on figuring out what’s important ( - ) https://redef.it/2RMbtoj

Musician Lucinda Williams on juggling everyday life and creative work, collaborating with loved ones, staying positive, and what makes a good protest song.

09/21/2020

Lady Gaga, lost ... and found

Lady Gaga, lost ... and found ( - ) https://redef.it/3kLTgnp

The songwriter-performer's sixth consecutive #1 album, "Chromatica," explores the private pain that colored her hugely successful career and a fame she grew to hate - and helped her reclaim the woman behind the persona

09/18/2020

Alanis Morissette: Keynote Conversation with Ann Powers || POP TALKS

Alanis Morissette: Keynote Conversation with Ann Powers ( - ) https://redef.it/3bW76Aj

NPR Music and The Museum of Pop Culture present the opening keynote session for the 2020 Pop Conference “Forever Young: Popular Music and Youth Across the Ag...

09/18/2020

Black Thought is Loved and Feared By Your Favorite Rapper

Black Thought is Loved and Feared By Your Favorite Rapper ( - ) https://redef.it/2ZDWp0j

The Roots’ frontman talks continuously improving as a man and MC

09/18/2020

Enya Is Everywhere

Enya Is Everywhere ( - ) https://redef.it/2H7RXAF

How the unlikely star became a phenomenon hidden in pop-cultural plain sight, influencing a generation of groundbreaking artists.

09/18/2020

Róisín Murphy: disco machine

Róisín Murphy: disco machine ( - ) https://redef.it/2GQMyxt

  Róisín Murphy: disco machine Róisín Murphy is back with her fifth solo album, ‘Róisín Machine’. Carl Loben catches up with her to talk artistic exhibitionism, lockdown videos, her early clubbing years, and why she’s an unstoppable machine Carl Loben Monday, September 14, 2020 - ...

09/14/2020

T***s Hibbert, a Father of Reggae, Is Dead

T***s Hibbert, a Father of Reggae, Is Dead ( - ) https://redef.it/3ipy067

The first to use the word reggae on a record, he sang in a soulful tone and wrote songs with subtle social commentary, helping bring the sounds of Jamaica to the world.

09/09/2020

Who is Lana del Rey?

Who is Lana del Rey? ( - ) https://redef.it/3ibUqYm

Just one year after her last studio release the singer opens up to Jack Antonoff, the main collaborator on her sixth album "Chemtrails Over the Country Club," which is out this month.

09/02/2020

Celia Cruz: The Voice Of Experience

Celia Cruz: The Voice Of Experience ( - ) https://redef.it/2M0vzYs

As a true diva, Cruz was of her time and capable of transcending it. Her voice carried lessons in presence and stamina, and her enduring legacy has created a space for feminist interventions in salsa.

09/02/2020

Oral History: Elliott Smith's Self-Titled Turns 25

He's Gonna Make It All OK: An Oral History Of Elliott Smith's Darkly Beautiful Self-Titled Album ( - ) https://redef.it/3jtFN2F

To honor the 25th anniversary re-release of 'Elliott Smith,' archivist Larry Crane and photographer JJ Gonson reflect on Smith’s impact on their lives—and ours

09/02/2020

You Don’t Know Her

You Don’t Know Her ( - ) https://redef.it/31G8EuG

Thirty years into an epic career, Mariah Carey is still trying to explain herself.

08/28/2020

Katy Perry On Expanding And Reframing Herself On 'Smile'

Katy Perry On Expanding And Reframing Herself On 'Smile' ( - ) https://redef.it/3b3ZT0l

The pop music power house drops her new album, Smile, on Friday, and she's given birth to her first child. Perry talks about the loss of certainty and rebuilding her confidence while making Smile.

08/27/2020

Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert ( - ) https://redef.it/3gB82dP

Billie Eilish used some of her signature video magic to perform in front of the Tiny Desk from the comfort of her own home.

08/26/2020

Perry Farrell on the Glitz and Glamor of Being Perry Farrell ( - ) https://redef.it/31tkA2K

08/25/2020

The enduring resonance of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill," 35 years later

The enduring resonance of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill,' 35 years later ( - ) https://redef.it/31pD8kr

Futuristic with a propulsive underbelly, evocative and spiritual, the song has been covered by a variety of artists

08/25/2020

REDEF MusicSET: The Classic Rock Song That Whistles 'Dixie'

REDEF MusicSET: The Classic Rock Song That Whistles 'Dixie' () https://redef.it/3gjTyyX

What to make of the Band's 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,' a 1960s song about an 1860s war with ambiguous sympathies, in 2020? Classic? Problematic? Can it be both?

08/24/2020

Angel Olsen Is at a Crossroads, Again

Angel Olsen Is at a Crossroads, Again ( - ) https://redef.it/3aHjELa

On a rainy morning in early August, we spoke with the singer-songwriter about her raw new album, her process, and the age-old quandary of art versus commerce.

08/24/2020

Troye Sivan Comes Home

Troye Sivan Comes Home ( - ) https://redef.it/31kmpiB

The pandemic sent him back to Melbourne and a life alone. Now comes his best music yet.

08/24/2020

Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle dead at age 38

Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle dead at age 38 ( - ) https://redef.it/3hnvbSx

"It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin," a Facebook post said Sunday night.

08/21/2020

Kylie Minogue wants the world to dance again

Kylie Minogue wants the world to dance again ( - ) https://redef.it/3iYIn0n

In an exclusive interview with i-D, the pop music icon talks about her upcoming album “Disco” and her journey back to the dancefloor, and we premiere a BTS video from her latest video.

08/21/2020

Kenya Barris In Conversation With Tyler, The Creator: 'Why Can't We Tell Our Stories?'

Kenya Barris In Conversation With Tyler, The Creator: 'Why Can't We Tell Our Stories?' ( - ) https://redef.it/34j6ymb

The rapper and 'Black-ish' creator discuss the importance of disrupting the monolithic portrayal of Black Americans in entertainment

08/19/2020

Bully’s Alicia Bognanno Is Revealing Herself, One Rock Song at a Time

Bully’s Alicia Bognanno on Going Solo, Bipolar II Disorder and Courtney Love ( - ) https://redef.it/2DWuIZ7

The singer, songwriter and guitarist writes frankly about having bipolar II disorder on “Sugaregg,” the first album she’s made as a solo project.

08/19/2020

Travis Scott on a Joint Album with Kid Cudi, Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," and Utopia

How Travis Scott Defied the Rules of Celebrity to Become King of the Youth ( - ) https://redef.it/3g8YrL9

From his secret work on Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated film to his dream of buying Astroworld, the rapper explains his unorthodox route to success and influence.

08/18/2020

How Burna Boy went global

How Burna Boy went global ( - ) https://redef.it/3iPu6mO

With his latest album, Twice As Tall, Burna Boy has outgrown his title of “African Giant” and is taking on the world

08/17/2020

How Tyler, The Creator Built a Cult-Like Following - Trapital by Dan Runcie

How Tyler, The Creator Built a Cult-Like Following ( - ) https://redef.it/3gZjZeD

Tyler's greatest creation is the loyal fanbase that's been riding with him since Odd Future.

08/17/2020

Megan Thee Stallion Remains in Control

Megan Thee Stallion Remains in Control ( - ) https://redef.it/2FkzJux

In an interview for W’s Music Issue, Megan Thee Stallion speaks frankly about an intense few months in isolation, her relationship with her fans, and dancing as a creative outlet.