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Drawing from her Haitian heritage and adopted home of New Orleans, on her upcoming album Breaking The Thermometer the multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla adapts a theatrical performance based on the legacy of Radio Haiti-Inter, which was noted for its pioneering use of Haitian Creole and the indomitable activism of its owner Jean Dominique. Between the Rocky Mountains and Upstate New York,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE From the erudite Village Voice and scuzzier Creem to the underground stylings of Spin and faded indie sensibility of Pitchfork, Rolling Stone has always distinguished itself from its music competitors through a steady commitment to mainstream rock and roll. The times however are a-changing. Rap is the new rock and roll, and it's been like that for a minute, while...

In the throes of protest and pandemic, with festivities dotted and distant while black deaths and police brutality stretched out the themes of Juneteenth, the Fourth of July and Independence Day this year feels more like a reckoning than a celebration. Kanye West and Sufjan Stevens, artists who moved from soul and roots to scabrous electronic experimentation and today...