Chicago — The first major protest during the Democratic National Convention on Monday was primarily a peaceful one as more than 200 coalitions, according to organizers, gathered at Union Park, blocks away from the United Center where major events for the DNC are taking place this week. The goal, according to those in attendance, was to demonstrate for Palestine, and pressure Kamala Harris, who will accept the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday, to call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and a weapons embargo.
From student organizations around the...
From student organizations around the...
- 8/20/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Maroon 5, Lil Uzi Vert, and Keith Urban will head to the shores of Lake Michigan this morning as part of the lineup for Milwaukee’s sprawling Summerfest.
The annual event effectively packs three festivals into one, with three weekends of totally different lineups scheduled for June 20 through 22, June 27 through 29, and July 4 through 6.
Opening weekend will feature Kane Brown, Mötley Crüe, and a still-unannounced headliner, as well as supporting performances from Goo Goo Dolls, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Taking Back Sunday, En Vogue, Dawes, O.A.R., Three Dog Night, the War and Treaty,...
The annual event effectively packs three festivals into one, with three weekends of totally different lineups scheduled for June 20 through 22, June 27 through 29, and July 4 through 6.
Opening weekend will feature Kane Brown, Mötley Crüe, and a still-unannounced headliner, as well as supporting performances from Goo Goo Dolls, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Taking Back Sunday, En Vogue, Dawes, O.A.R., Three Dog Night, the War and Treaty,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Neneh Cherry has announced a memoir titled A Thousand Threads, due October 8th, 2024 via Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner (pre-orders are now ongoing).
Covering the life of the “Buffalo Stance” singer from her childhood through her punk years, global success, woes, and more, A Thousand Threads will be “deeply personal.” According to its press release, the book will touch on “the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped [Cherry] as a woman and an artist.”
A Thousand Threads will be available in hardback, ebook, and and audio formats. Check out the cover artwork below.
Born in Sweden, Cherry moved to the UK in her teen years and joined punk groups like The Slits, Rip Rig and Panic, and others. After going solo in the ‘80s, she shared the acclaimed album Raw Like Sushi, which included the hit “Buffalo Stance.”
In recent years, Cherry...
Covering the life of the “Buffalo Stance” singer from her childhood through her punk years, global success, woes, and more, A Thousand Threads will be “deeply personal.” According to its press release, the book will touch on “the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped [Cherry] as a woman and an artist.”
A Thousand Threads will be available in hardback, ebook, and and audio formats. Check out the cover artwork below.
Born in Sweden, Cherry moved to the UK in her teen years and joined punk groups like The Slits, Rip Rig and Panic, and others. After going solo in the ‘80s, she shared the acclaimed album Raw Like Sushi, which included the hit “Buffalo Stance.”
In recent years, Cherry...
- 3/17/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Belgian Oscar Entry ‘Omen’ Opens In France, Director Baloji Releases Soundtrack Inspired By Film
Filmmaker-musician Baloji has released a five-track EP with McA Records (under Universal Music Group) in support of the French release of his feature Omen. The film, set primarily in the Congo, is a braided narrative of four main characters, who are all accused of witchcraft or sorcery and must contend with the social implications of this denouncement. Baloji has said the soundtrack “is a complementary backstory of the characters and a musical piece in its own right.” The EP contains the tracks ‘La Tâche,’ ‘Arcade (Feat Swazzi),’ and ‘Auto Psy (Feat Chrystel),’ along with ‘Matrone (feat. Maya Andrade).’ Baloji is represented by UTA (U.S.) and As Talents (France).
Ellie Kemper To Narrate Audiobook Edition Of Katherine Center’s ‘Happiness For Beginners’
Exclusive: Ellie Kemper has signed on to...
Filmmaker-musician Baloji has released a five-track EP with McA Records (under Universal Music Group) in support of the French release of his feature Omen. The film, set primarily in the Congo, is a braided narrative of four main characters, who are all accused of witchcraft or sorcery and must contend with the social implications of this denouncement. Baloji has said the soundtrack “is a complementary backstory of the characters and a musical piece in its own right.” The EP contains the tracks ‘La Tâche,’ ‘Arcade (Feat Swazzi),’ and ‘Auto Psy (Feat Chrystel),’ along with ‘Matrone (feat. Maya Andrade).’ Baloji is represented by UTA (U.S.) and As Talents (France).
Ellie Kemper To Narrate Audiobook Edition Of Katherine Center’s ‘Happiness For Beginners’
Exclusive: Ellie Kemper has signed on to...
- 11/30/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for AFI Fest, The Holdovers, Quiz Lady and The Killer.
Bcrf Awards Luncheon
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation held its annual Symposium and Awards Luncheon on Oct. 20, hosted by Alina Cho and honoring both Kendra Scott and Olufunmilayo (Funmi) I. Olopade, MD, Faacr.
Kendra Scott, Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade and Alina Cho
Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away event
Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine media company hosted its inaugural Shine Away event on Saturday in Los Angeles, with participants including Jennifer Garner, Mindy Kaling, Tracee Ellis Ross, Fortune Feimster, Allyson Felix and The Home Edit’s Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin.
Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Fortune Feimster Reese Witherspoon and Tracee Ellis Ross
Go Gala
Go Campaign hosted its 17th annual Go Gala at Citizen News in Hollywood on Saturday,...
Bcrf Awards Luncheon
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation held its annual Symposium and Awards Luncheon on Oct. 20, hosted by Alina Cho and honoring both Kendra Scott and Olufunmilayo (Funmi) I. Olopade, MD, Faacr.
Kendra Scott, Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade and Alina Cho
Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away event
Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine media company hosted its inaugural Shine Away event on Saturday in Los Angeles, with participants including Jennifer Garner, Mindy Kaling, Tracee Ellis Ross, Fortune Feimster, Allyson Felix and The Home Edit’s Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin.
Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Fortune Feimster Reese Witherspoon and Tracee Ellis Ross
Go Gala
Go Campaign hosted its 17th annual Go Gala at Citizen News in Hollywood on Saturday,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Bad Bunny classes up the joint, Offset enlists Travis Scott for a standout track from his new solo LP, and Tomorrow x Together slide into some smooth Eighties synths. Plus, new music from Ice Spice and Rema), Pink Pantheress, Boygenius, and more.
Bad Bunny, “Monaco” (YouTube)
Offset feat. Travis Scott, “Say My Grace” (YouTube)
Tomorrow x Together, “Chasing That Feeling” (YouTube)
Ice Spice feat. Rema, “Pretty Girl” (YouTube)
Pink Pantheress,...
Bad Bunny, “Monaco” (YouTube)
Offset feat. Travis Scott, “Say My Grace” (YouTube)
Tomorrow x Together, “Chasing That Feeling” (YouTube)
Ice Spice feat. Rema, “Pretty Girl” (YouTube)
Pink Pantheress,...
- 10/13/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Jamila Woods has shared her new album, Water Made Us, via Jagjaguwar. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
The title of Water Made Us references Toni Morrison, who once said, “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” The album maintains Woods’ interest in Black feminism, but, as a result of being written in the midst of quarantine, is more self-reflective than her past works.
“Water Made Us feels like the most personal and vulnerable piece of art I’ve ever made. I love creating from source material, diving deep into a subject and extrapolating from what I discover,” Woods said in a statement. “We sat in the house for two years and I became my own source material. Shout out to the therapists, the astrologers, the family members and friends who listened, who helped me process and transform...
The title of Water Made Us references Toni Morrison, who once said, “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” The album maintains Woods’ interest in Black feminism, but, as a result of being written in the midst of quarantine, is more self-reflective than her past works.
“Water Made Us feels like the most personal and vulnerable piece of art I’ve ever made. I love creating from source material, diving deep into a subject and extrapolating from what I discover,” Woods said in a statement. “We sat in the house for two years and I became my own source material. Shout out to the therapists, the astrologers, the family members and friends who listened, who helped me process and transform...
- 10/13/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Jamila Woods will support her upcoming album Water Made Us with a newly announced 2024 tour. Along with the news, Woods has shared one final look at the record, the Saba-featuring track “Practice.”
The Chicago singer’s 2024 tour begins February 1st in Seattle. From there, she’ll travel down the West Coast for shows in Portland, San Fransisco, and Los Angeles before heading east, hitting Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, DC, Philly, and more. The North American trek wraps up February 23rd in Woods’ hometown before a brief UK/Europe tour begins in April.
Tickets to Woods’ upcoming shows go on sale Friday, October 13th via Ticketmaster.
Produced by McClenney, who described the track as a “puzzle piece” Woods spent a lot of time perfecting, “Practice” finds the soul singer attempting to let go of the idea that every new relationship must be the relationship.
“‘Practice is a song I made...
The Chicago singer’s 2024 tour begins February 1st in Seattle. From there, she’ll travel down the West Coast for shows in Portland, San Fransisco, and Los Angeles before heading east, hitting Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, DC, Philly, and more. The North American trek wraps up February 23rd in Woods’ hometown before a brief UK/Europe tour begins in April.
Tickets to Woods’ upcoming shows go on sale Friday, October 13th via Ticketmaster.
Produced by McClenney, who described the track as a “puzzle piece” Woods spent a lot of time perfecting, “Practice” finds the soul singer attempting to let go of the idea that every new relationship must be the relationship.
“‘Practice is a song I made...
- 10/10/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
With Water Made Us, Jamila Woods takes us on a radically honest journey through the complexities of love. The opening track, “Bugs,” is a patient slow burn about not letting the little things hinder one’s love for their partner. “It bugs me, but I do it for ya,” the Chicago-based singer-songwriter admits during the chorus. That selfless sentiment defines the album’s identity early on, with “Bugs” ending with a broader evocation of embracing the world’s imperfections: “Don’t kill this bug/Slide a little paper under this glass/Let a few bugs live.”
Songs like “Tiny Garden” and “Practice” grapple with building a strong foundation for relationships, while “Send a Dove,” “Wreckage Room,” and “Thermostat” find Woods attempting to pick up the pieces in the wake of those relationships crumbling. “Send a Dove” begins with a breezy rhythm that takes a dramatic turn toward the somber at the halfway point,...
Songs like “Tiny Garden” and “Practice” grapple with building a strong foundation for relationships, while “Send a Dove,” “Wreckage Room,” and “Thermostat” find Woods attempting to pick up the pieces in the wake of those relationships crumbling. “Send a Dove” begins with a breezy rhythm that takes a dramatic turn toward the somber at the halfway point,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Dana Poland
- Slant Magazine
Zakiya Dalila Harris’ novel “The Other Black Girl” has hit the small screen in ten episodes filled with songs that support the story’s underlying message of compromising identity and Blackness in a majority-white workplace. Developed by Harris and Rashida Jones, who contributed the intro montage, to Episode 7 set to Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love,” the series crosses multiple genres from comedy to thriller and provides social commentary on how minority Poc employees compromise and navigate the social system of corporate America.
Set to Sza, TLC, Busta Rhymes, H.E.R., Janelle Monae and more, many scenes in the show become even stronger with the songs in the background. Co-showrunners Gus Hickey and Jordan Reddout left the ending open for a potential second season. The suspense and humor go hand in hand with the soundtrack for “The Other Black Girl.”
Here are all the songs in “The Other Black Girl”:
Episode...
Set to Sza, TLC, Busta Rhymes, H.E.R., Janelle Monae and more, many scenes in the show become even stronger with the songs in the background. Co-showrunners Gus Hickey and Jordan Reddout left the ending open for a potential second season. The suspense and humor go hand in hand with the soundtrack for “The Other Black Girl.”
Here are all the songs in “The Other Black Girl”:
Episode...
- 9/16/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Jamila Woods is back with “Boomerang,” the second single from her upcoming album Water Made Us. Check out the track below.
“I think you really wanna dance with me,” Woods sings in her new song. With snappy percussion and thumping bass, she’s right: “Boomerang” will make even the most stoic of listeners nod their heads along to its rosy melody.
“I co-wrote this song with Nao, Grades, and George Moore on a sweet London day last year,” the singer said of the track. “It was amazing to work with Nao and meet her longtime collaborators and feel the synergy that they have together. It’s a song about that kind of relationship that keeps popping back up throughout your life, that magnetic attachment you have to someone and the excitement and anxiety that comes with wondering ‘will we or won’t we?'”
In keeping with its title, “Boomerang...
“I think you really wanna dance with me,” Woods sings in her new song. With snappy percussion and thumping bass, she’s right: “Boomerang” will make even the most stoic of listeners nod their heads along to its rosy melody.
“I co-wrote this song with Nao, Grades, and George Moore on a sweet London day last year,” the singer said of the track. “It was amazing to work with Nao and meet her longtime collaborators and feel the synergy that they have together. It’s a song about that kind of relationship that keeps popping back up throughout your life, that magnetic attachment you have to someone and the excitement and anxiety that comes with wondering ‘will we or won’t we?'”
In keeping with its title, “Boomerang...
- 8/16/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Tracy Chapman has become the first Black woman in history to have the sole songwriting credit on a No. 1 country hit, thanks to Luke Combs’ cover of her 1988 song “Fast Car.” It currently sits atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated July 8th).
As Rolling Stone notes, Chapman is only the fourth Black woman to have any writing credit on a No. 1 country song. She joins the club currently occupied by Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1994 single “XXX’s and Ooo’s (An American Girl)”; Ester Dean, who co-wrote Lady A’s “Champagne Night” in 2020; and Tayla Parx, who co-wrote Dan+Shay’s 2021 song “Glad You Exist.”
Combs’ version of “Fast Car” is the second single from his latest album, Gettin’ Old. Earlier this month, it rose from No. 8 to No. 4 on the Hot 100, surpassing the No. 6 peak of Chapman’s original, which Combs said was his “first favorite song probably ever.
As Rolling Stone notes, Chapman is only the fourth Black woman to have any writing credit on a No. 1 country song. She joins the club currently occupied by Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1994 single “XXX’s and Ooo’s (An American Girl)”; Ester Dean, who co-wrote Lady A’s “Champagne Night” in 2020; and Tayla Parx, who co-wrote Dan+Shay’s 2021 song “Glad You Exist.”
Combs’ version of “Fast Car” is the second single from his latest album, Gettin’ Old. Earlier this month, it rose from No. 8 to No. 4 on the Hot 100, surpassing the No. 6 peak of Chapman’s original, which Combs said was his “first favorite song probably ever.
- 7/3/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Most days, Devon Gilfillian loves living in Nashville. Today isn’t one of them. At the time of this interview, he’s three days away from the release of his second album, Love You Anyway, but his mind is elsewhere at the state capitol, where children have joined adults to protest lawmakers’ refusal to act over gun laws in the aftermath of the Covenant School shooting, barely a week ago. The protest will eventually result in the expulsion of two young, Black Democratic lawmakers by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
- 4/11/2023
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Ivy Sole has no interest in being mysterious. Other musicians may savour secrecy in their work, but Sole – real name Taylor C McLendon – bares all. The Charlotte-born, Philadelphia-bred rapper writes lyrics that feast on the intimate details of their life, past and present. At any given time, McLendon wants you to know exactly what it was like; exactly how it felt. Even when that feeling was awful. “I want the listener to understand,” they say down the line from their home in Philadelphia. As if illustrating their fondness for clarity, McLendon speaks slowly and is prone to taking long pauses before an answer.
Their songwriting is a dense mix of memoir, social commentary, and soul-searching. “I’m the third born and first to survive,” they rap on the mellow track “Reincarnate”. “Little sister, a Pisces / she taught me how to survive.” Their sound is a polychromatic journey through soulful R...
Their songwriting is a dense mix of memoir, social commentary, and soul-searching. “I’m the third born and first to survive,” they rap on the mellow track “Reincarnate”. “Little sister, a Pisces / she taught me how to survive.” Their sound is a polychromatic journey through soulful R...
- 8/18/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Music
Neneh Cherry has tapped Sia for a vibey reworking of her 1989 song, “Manchild.” The track will appear on Cherry’s forthcoming album The Versions, a collaboration album of covers from her catalogue by an all-female line-up.
The 10-track album, out June 10, will feature Robyn, Sia, Kelsey Lu, Jamila Woods, Tyson, and more. All of the artists on the LP have a personal connection to Cherry and her music.
“Neneh was my favorite artist when she hit the scene,” Sia explained in a statement. “I saved my pocket money for red...
The 10-track album, out June 10, will feature Robyn, Sia, Kelsey Lu, Jamila Woods, Tyson, and more. All of the artists on the LP have a personal connection to Cherry and her music.
“Neneh was my favorite artist when she hit the scene,” Sia explained in a statement. “I saved my pocket money for red...
- 4/28/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Ellie Goulding, Kali Uchis, and Liz Phair are among the lineup for the inaugural Versa, a “music + more festival” that will take place at Lincoln Park South Fields in Chicago June 11-12.
Weaving live music, comedy and inspirational speakers together to appear across five stages over the weekend, Versa bills itself as the first major women-led multi-day festival in more than two decades. Kim Petras, Monica, Mon Laferte, Jamila Woods, Young M.A, Ingrid Andress, Yuna, Big Freedia, Yendry, Laura Jane Grace, Salem Ilese, Deb Never, Madame Gandhi, Lila Iké, Adeline,...
Weaving live music, comedy and inspirational speakers together to appear across five stages over the weekend, Versa bills itself as the first major women-led multi-day festival in more than two decades. Kim Petras, Monica, Mon Laferte, Jamila Woods, Young M.A, Ingrid Andress, Yuna, Big Freedia, Yendry, Laura Jane Grace, Salem Ilese, Deb Never, Madame Gandhi, Lila Iké, Adeline,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Betty Davis, the cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an underappreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Danielle Maggio, a close friend of Davis whose research as an ethnomusicologist focused on Davis’ work, confirmed the singer’s death to Rolling Stone. Amie Downs, communications director for Allegheny County where Davis lived, added that the cause of death was natural causes.
“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Betty Davis, a multi-talented music influencer and pioneer rock star,...
“It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of Betty Davis, a multi-talented music influencer and pioneer rock star,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Hornsby has served up an unlikely piano rendition of Dinosaur Jr.’s “Feel the Pain” for record label Jagjaguwar’s 25th-anniversary covers album Join the Ritual.
The former Grateful Dead pianist’s rendition is both a faithful rendering and disjointed take on the surprise 1994 hit single, with Hornsby’s piano replicating J. Mascis’ riff before spiraling off melodically.
Join the Ritual, out September 24th and available to preorder now, features nearly a dozen Jagjaguwar artists and alumni tackling songs by influential indie bands and labels like K Records, Touch & Go,...
The former Grateful Dead pianist’s rendition is both a faithful rendering and disjointed take on the surprise 1994 hit single, with Hornsby’s piano replicating J. Mascis’ riff before spiraling off melodically.
Join the Ritual, out September 24th and available to preorder now, features nearly a dozen Jagjaguwar artists and alumni tackling songs by influential indie bands and labels like K Records, Touch & Go,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Mykki Blanco has released a new song, “It’s Not My Choice,” featuring Blood Orange. The track will appear on Blanco’s upcoming mini-album, Broken Hearts and Beauty Sleep, out June 18th via Transgressive Records.
“It’s Not My Choice” opens with an eerie groan of strings, but quickly settles into a slick soul groove filled with punchy piano and the lonesome wail of a saxophone. On the verses, Blanco tries to navigate the pain of an imminent break-up, while Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes pops up to croon the hook.
“It’s Not My Choice” opens with an eerie groan of strings, but quickly settles into a slick soul groove filled with punchy piano and the lonesome wail of a saxophone. On the verses, Blanco tries to navigate the pain of an imminent break-up, while Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes pops up to croon the hook.
- 6/15/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
St. Vincent, Erykah Badu, and Phoebe Bridgers will headline the 2021 Pitchfork Music Festival, taking place September 10th through 12th at Union Park in Chicago.
Bridgers will headline the first day of the festival, September 10th, which will also boast performances from Big Thief, Animal Collective, Yaeji, Black Midi, Kelly Lee Owens, Hop Along, and Dogleg. Early 2000s indie rock favorites the Fiery Furnaces are also booked to play their first show in a decade.
Day two, September 11th, will boast St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, Kim Gordon, Ty Segall and Freedom Band,...
Bridgers will headline the first day of the festival, September 10th, which will also boast performances from Big Thief, Animal Collective, Yaeji, Black Midi, Kelly Lee Owens, Hop Along, and Dogleg. Early 2000s indie rock favorites the Fiery Furnaces are also booked to play their first show in a decade.
Day two, September 11th, will boast St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, Kim Gordon, Ty Segall and Freedom Band,...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Mykki Blanco will follow-up their 2016 debut with Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, a mini-album out June 18th via Transgressive Records.
To accompany the announcement, Blanco dropped the sultry “Love Me,” featuring Jamila Woods and Blanco’s brother Jay Cue. It follows “Free Ride,” released last month.
“‘Love Me’ is essentially about so many forms of love, patience, trust, time,” Blanco said. “It is about the potion that is created when you sift through the ingredients that create ‘love,’ the alchemy we as human beings take part in to convey these feelings deep inside of us.
To accompany the announcement, Blanco dropped the sultry “Love Me,” featuring Jamila Woods and Blanco’s brother Jay Cue. It follows “Free Ride,” released last month.
“‘Love Me’ is essentially about so many forms of love, patience, trust, time,” Blanco said. “It is about the potion that is created when you sift through the ingredients that create ‘love,’ the alchemy we as human beings take part in to convey these feelings deep inside of us.
- 4/27/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Billie Eilish, Green Day, and A$AP Rocky will perform at the Life Is Beautiful Festival, which is scheduled to return to Las Vegas later this year, September 17th through 19th.
The lineup for the three-day event also boasts Tame Impala, Haim, Young Thug, Illenium, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, 6lack, Ludacris, Dillon Francis, Brittany Howard, Jid, Earthgang, Death From Above 1979, All Time Low, Purity Ring, Noah Cyrus, Yaeji, Jamila Woods, and Ant Clemons. A complete lineup is available on the Life Is Beautiful website.
Tickets for Life Is Beautiful 2021 are...
The lineup for the three-day event also boasts Tame Impala, Haim, Young Thug, Illenium, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, 6lack, Ludacris, Dillon Francis, Brittany Howard, Jid, Earthgang, Death From Above 1979, All Time Low, Purity Ring, Noah Cyrus, Yaeji, Jamila Woods, and Ant Clemons. A complete lineup is available on the Life Is Beautiful website.
Tickets for Life Is Beautiful 2021 are...
- 3/10/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
For this year’s annual Women Shaping the Future issue, we asked 12 of today’s top musical acts to talk about the women who have inspired them most in their lives and careers. Here, Jamila Woods talks about the ways that Betty Davis’ music inspired her and cleared the way for generations of black women artists.
The first time I heard of Betty Davis was in college. I was in a class that was about Miles Davis, and we were reading his autobiography. I got to the page where he...
The first time I heard of Betty Davis was in college. I was in a class that was about Miles Davis, and we were reading his autobiography. I got to the page where he...
- 3/10/2021
- by Jamila Woods
- Rollingstone.com
Jamila Woods had been reading Miles Davis’ autobiography in college as an assignment for a course on the jazz legend when she first heard of funk and soul singer Betty Davis, her pick for Rolling Stone‘s Icons & Influences series.
Woods got to the page where the trumpeter describes first meeting Betty — whom he divorced after just one year of marriage — and how she had influenced his fashion and art. That led Woods to put the book down and Google Betty Davis, and that’s how she first discovered her music.
Woods got to the page where the trumpeter describes first meeting Betty — whom he divorced after just one year of marriage — and how she had influenced his fashion and art. That led Woods to put the book down and Google Betty Davis, and that’s how she first discovered her music.
- 3/4/2021
- by Adisa Duke
- Rollingstone.com
Gabriel Garzón-Montano has released an Armando Young remix of “Someone,” featuring new vocals from Jamila Woods. The original track was included on Garzón-Montano’s album Agüita, released last fall.
“I’m grateful to be able to make such beautiful music with friends,” Garzón-Montano says of the remixed track. “Armando is a beast and Jamila is a monster so I was in the most loving hands. I’m honored to present this ‘Someone’ remix.”
Woods adds: “I’ve been a big fan of Gabriel for a while and it was so...
“I’m grateful to be able to make such beautiful music with friends,” Garzón-Montano says of the remixed track. “Armando is a beast and Jamila is a monster so I was in the most loving hands. I’m honored to present this ‘Someone’ remix.”
Woods adds: “I’ve been a big fan of Gabriel for a while and it was so...
- 2/9/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Like nearly everything else, late-night musical performances don’t look the way they did a year ago. It’s not just that musicians in these contexts are playing to mostly vacant studios or places with a single-digit number of audience members.
It’s that a growing number of artists and bands with spots on network talk shows are slowly figuring out a new form that exists somewhere between concert and music video. Of course, that’s a line that was pushed well before last spring. (Take Spike Jonze’s live-to-tape video for Karen O & Danger Mouse’s “Woman” or Travis Scott’s euphoric “goosebumps” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) But what used to be a rare occurence has inched a lot closer towards the norm. With packed studios still a possibility in the distance, this new way of bringing music to these shows is giving musical acts and the shows they...
It’s that a growing number of artists and bands with spots on network talk shows are slowly figuring out a new form that exists somewhere between concert and music video. Of course, that’s a line that was pushed well before last spring. (Take Spike Jonze’s live-to-tape video for Karen O & Danger Mouse’s “Woman” or Travis Scott’s euphoric “goosebumps” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”) But what used to be a rare occurence has inched a lot closer towards the norm. With packed studios still a possibility in the distance, this new way of bringing music to these shows is giving musical acts and the shows they...
- 2/2/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
After rocketing to worldwide fame in the early Nineties as an actress and a member of the Fugees, Lauryn Hill took a big risk with her solo debut, 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. It made her an even bigger star at age 23, sold millions of copies, and won her five Grammy Awards, which is the most any woman before her had taken home in a single night. But in the years following Miseducation‘s blockbuster success, Hill all but exited public life. Though she has since returned to touring and has released one-off singles,...
- 1/5/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Charli Xcx, Laura Jane Grace, David Lynch and more will appear during Bonnaroo’s 2020 Virtual Roo-Ality festival, streaming September 24th through 26th on YouTube.
The event will boast a mix of original programming, new performances and a handful of classic sets from the Bonnaroo archives, including the full-length streaming premiere of what turned out to be the Beastie Boys’ final live show at Bonnaroo 2009. A complete schedule will be announced soon.
Artists set to partake in Virtual Roo-Ality include Jamila Woods, Ashley McBryde, Nathaniel Rateliff, Denzel Curry, Tank and the Bangas,...
The event will boast a mix of original programming, new performances and a handful of classic sets from the Bonnaroo archives, including the full-length streaming premiere of what turned out to be the Beastie Boys’ final live show at Bonnaroo 2009. A complete schedule will be announced soon.
Artists set to partake in Virtual Roo-Ality include Jamila Woods, Ashley McBryde, Nathaniel Rateliff, Denzel Curry, Tank and the Bangas,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
R.E.M., Phoebe Bridgers, Hayley Williams and more appear on the new compilation Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, available on Friday for 24 hours only as part of the Bandcamp Fridays series.
The star-studded, 40-track comp boasts previously unreleased songs, demos, covers and remixes. It includes a live version of R.E.M.’s “Begin the Begin” from 1989, Williams’ Broadcast cover of “Colour Me In” and Bridgers’ voice memo of “Chinese Satellite” from her new album, Punisher.
Weyes Blood recorded a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “River,...
The star-studded, 40-track comp boasts previously unreleased songs, demos, covers and remixes. It includes a live version of R.E.M.’s “Begin the Begin” from 1989, Williams’ Broadcast cover of “Colour Me In” and Bridgers’ voice memo of “Chinese Satellite” from her new album, Punisher.
Weyes Blood recorded a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “River,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The iconic Lollapalooza music festival is morphing into a free, four night YouTube broadcast from July 30-August 2 with live performances, headlining sets from previous fests and appearances by Michelle Obama and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — in conversations with festival co-founder and Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and LL Cool J.
The live music business continues to weather devastation waged by Covid-19. Social distancing has eliminated live shows and festivals, which have been rescheduled or gone virtual. The 30-year-old Chicago event will unveil a roster of more than 150 performances and appearances on Wednesday for Lolla2020, airing each night starting at 5 pm Ct on its original dates.
Live performers include Alison Wonderland, Carnage, H.E.R., Kali Uchis, Kaskade, Louis the Child, Nghtmre, Pink Sweat$, Saymyname, Tank and the Bangas, The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, Yungblud and Zhu. Previous sets include Paul McCartney, Chance The Rapper, OutKast, and Arcade Fire celebrating the...
The live music business continues to weather devastation waged by Covid-19. Social distancing has eliminated live shows and festivals, which have been rescheduled or gone virtual. The 30-year-old Chicago event will unveil a roster of more than 150 performances and appearances on Wednesday for Lolla2020, airing each night starting at 5 pm Ct on its original dates.
Live performers include Alison Wonderland, Carnage, H.E.R., Kali Uchis, Kaskade, Louis the Child, Nghtmre, Pink Sweat$, Saymyname, Tank and the Bangas, The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, Yungblud and Zhu. Previous sets include Paul McCartney, Chance The Rapper, OutKast, and Arcade Fire celebrating the...
- 7/27/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Obviously, the summer of 2020 is not an ordinary season, and Spotify’s predictions for the Song of the Summer reflect that. There are songs like DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (feat. Roddy Ricch), Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” (feat. Beyoncé), “Tkn” by Rosalia (feat. Travis Scott) and “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles, which was released in 2019 but continues to stream in high numbers.
But there are also many songs focused on supporting the Black community — some that dropped in the past few days, like Beyonce’s “Black Parade,” H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” and Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture,” and some that are a couple or a few years old, like “This Is America” by Childish Gambino and “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar.
In no particular order, here is Spotify’s list of predictions for Songs of the Summer 2020, which you can stream now in this playlist:
• “Rockstar” by DaBaby, feat.
But there are also many songs focused on supporting the Black community — some that dropped in the past few days, like Beyonce’s “Black Parade,” H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” and Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture,” and some that are a couple or a few years old, like “This Is America” by Childish Gambino and “Alright” by Kendrick Lamar.
In no particular order, here is Spotify’s list of predictions for Songs of the Summer 2020, which you can stream now in this playlist:
• “Rockstar” by DaBaby, feat.
- 6/23/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix reveals a first look at Season 2 of “The Umbrella Academy,” and Showtime will host a virtual concert on June 21 benefitting the Equal Justice Initiative.
Casting
Nickelodeon has signed an overall deal with 13-year-old social media influencer and hip-hop artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High. Nickelodeon and High will work together to develop programming across multiple platforms, create music initiatives and build a consumer products business spanning across fashion, accessories and publishing. High has been rapping, singing, writing and producing since the age of five and has already impressed the likes of Nick Cannon and Le’Veon Bell. She became the youngest female rapper to sign a recording contract with Fresh Rebel Muzik/Empire at age 11 and released her debut album “Tha Cheat Code” in September 2018.
Dates
Amazon Prime Video announced that Jim Gaffigan‘s newest stand-up comedy special, “Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist,...
Casting
Nickelodeon has signed an overall deal with 13-year-old social media influencer and hip-hop artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High. Nickelodeon and High will work together to develop programming across multiple platforms, create music initiatives and build a consumer products business spanning across fashion, accessories and publishing. High has been rapping, singing, writing and producing since the age of five and has already impressed the likes of Nick Cannon and Le’Veon Bell. She became the youngest female rapper to sign a recording contract with Fresh Rebel Muzik/Empire at age 11 and released her debut album “Tha Cheat Code” in September 2018.
Dates
Amazon Prime Video announced that Jim Gaffigan‘s newest stand-up comedy special, “Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime has set a virtual concert that will feature headliners Lena Waithe and Common — creative collaborators on the network's Chicago-set series The Chi — and a focus on the Equal Justice Initiative. On behalf of the drama series, Showtime and parent company ViacomCBS will kick off the fundraising effort with a $500,000 donation.
Waithe will appear on the one-hour special while Oscar and Grammy winner Common will perform a set during the concert that will also feature notable Chicago-based artists and The Chi cast members including Jacob Latimore, Twista, Ravyn Lenae, Jamila Woods, Bj The Chicago Kid and ...
Waithe will appear on the one-hour special while Oscar and Grammy winner Common will perform a set during the concert that will also feature notable Chicago-based artists and The Chi cast members including Jacob Latimore, Twista, Ravyn Lenae, Jamila Woods, Bj The Chicago Kid and ...
- 6/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Showtime’s The Chi is teaming with Chicago-based artists and series cast members for a virtual concert to raise awareness and funds for the Equal Justice Initiative. The Chi With Love one-hour special will feature an appearance by series creator and executive producer Lena Waithe, along with a performance by Oscar and Grammy winner and The Chi exec producer Common. Showtime also announced a $500,000 donation by the network and ViacomCBS on behalf of The Chi. The Chi With Love will air on the series’ YouTube page on Sunday, June 21 at 7 Pm Et/4 Pm Pt, ahead of The Chi‘s on-air season premiere at 9 Pm Et.
Additionally, the season three premiere of The Chi will be available early for free online sampling on Friday, June 19 at 12:01 Am on YouTube and Sho.com.
“In this moment and always, Showtime has a responsibility to support the change our country so sorely needs,...
Additionally, the season three premiere of The Chi will be available early for free online sampling on Friday, June 19 at 12:01 Am on YouTube and Sho.com.
“In this moment and always, Showtime has a responsibility to support the change our country so sorely needs,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Throughout world history, music has served as a balm for those living under oppression, as much it’s served as a tool of empowerment. The latest installment in Rolling Stone‘s new weekly playlist series, “Music at Home,” features 12 tracks honoring the legacy of global Black resistance in song. Feel free to blast these songs as you pre-game for the next protest against anti-Black violence and police brutality — or alternatively, as you direct money towards jail support and mutual aid funds from the safety of your own home.
(Find this playlist on Spotify here.
(Find this playlist on Spotify here.
- 6/6/2020
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Jamila Woods creates an enchanted school where the joys of dancing, enjoying a sumptuous meal and engaging learning is taught in a magical setting for her new “Baldwin” video. The song appears on Legacy! Legacy!, which the soulful R&b singer and poet released in May.
The song is inspired by James Baldwin’s powerful “A Letter to My Nephew,” and its Vincent Martell-directed visual is set in what looks like an abandoned school on Chicago’s South Side, but as Woods described it in a statement, it’s “like Hogwarts,...
The song is inspired by James Baldwin’s powerful “A Letter to My Nephew,” and its Vincent Martell-directed visual is set in what looks like an abandoned school on Chicago’s South Side, but as Woods described it in a statement, it’s “like Hogwarts,...
- 6/25/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Charli Xcx, Skepta and Belle & Sebastian will lead the charge this year at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, which is set to take place October 31st through November 2nd. Held in Le Grande Halle de la Villette, the festival will also feature performances by Mura Masa, Chromatics and Hamza.
- 6/19/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Flying Lotus, Flamagra
One might think of Flamagra as Ellison’s Apocalypse Now, or The Wall — it shows an artist at the height of their power, able to realize their most over-the-top imaginings, delivering a sprawling near-masterpiece teetering at the brink of overkill. The cast is full on: jazz fusion icon Herbie Hancocke ancock and P-Funk mastermind George Clinton represent for the old school; Solange, Tierra Whack, Anderson Paak, and Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler provide varying shades of the new. Will Hermes
Cate Le Bon, Reward
Cate Le Bon’s fifth studio album,...
One might think of Flamagra as Ellison’s Apocalypse Now, or The Wall — it shows an artist at the height of their power, able to realize their most over-the-top imaginings, delivering a sprawling near-masterpiece teetering at the brink of overkill. The cast is full on: jazz fusion icon Herbie Hancocke ancock and P-Funk mastermind George Clinton represent for the old school; Solange, Tierra Whack, Anderson Paak, and Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler provide varying shades of the new. Will Hermes
Cate Le Bon, Reward
Cate Le Bon’s fifth studio album,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Will Hermes, Angie Martoccio, Daniela Tijerina, Jonathan Bernstein, Elias Leight, Jon Dolan, Danny Schwartz and Sarah Grant
- Rollingstone.com
Following the release of her sophomore LP Legacy! Legacy! on Friday, Jamila Woods appeared on CBS This Morning Saturday to perform three songs from her career.
The R&B singer and her band played a soulful trio of tracks including “Baldwin” and “Zora” from her latest project and “Holy” from her 2016 debut Heavn.
Woods, a Chicago native, began recording music in 2012, and eventually collaborated with Chance the Rapper on her debut album in 2016. Alongside her music career, the singer-songwriter is also a poet, teacher and activist. Legacy! Legacy!, which earned...
The R&B singer and her band played a soulful trio of tracks including “Baldwin” and “Zora” from her latest project and “Holy” from her 2016 debut Heavn.
Woods, a Chicago native, began recording music in 2012, and eventually collaborated with Chance the Rapper on her debut album in 2016. Alongside her music career, the singer-songwriter is also a poet, teacher and activist. Legacy! Legacy!, which earned...
- 5/11/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago r&b poet Jamila Woods generated her first major who is she?! moment beside Chance the Rapper in the “Sunday Candy” video by Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment; her LP debut Heavn answered that question a year later with a personal set of gospel-tinged rap-soul hybrids. Her new Legacy! Legacy! views the personal through a lens of cultural history. Songs are named for giants: “Miles,” “Zora,” “Eartha,” “Baldwin,” “Basquiat,” and if the connections aren’t always obvious, they’re always inspired.
Take “Zora,” which quotes folk singer Malvina Reynolds...
Take “Zora,” which quotes folk singer Malvina Reynolds...
- 5/9/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Chicago musician Jamila Woods turns to family and friends for inspiration in the moving video for her new song. “Giovanni” boasts a deep groove built out of crisp drums and glittering synths, over which Woods delivers a dexterous vocal performance, singing, “I be on my Giovanni, tea and honey/ Tell it like I see it/ Speak it so I be it/ My ancestors watch me/ Fairytale walking/ Black Goldilocks, yeah/ My naps just right.”
In a statement, Woods said “Giovanni” was inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Trippin,” and...
In a statement, Woods said “Giovanni” was inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Trippin,” and...
- 10/16/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Early in 2018, as he neared the completion of a new album, the Chicago rapper Saba took a moment to review his work-in-progress. “I was listening with one of the producers and he actually pointed it out: ‘Damn dude, all of these songs are about Walt,'” Saba, 24, remembers. “I didn’t even realize.”
The memory of John Walt – Saba’s cousin, a fellow rapper, who was stabbed to death in Chicago in February 2017 – is all over Care for Me, the lyrically harrowing, instrumentally plush album that Saba released in April.
The memory of John Walt – Saba’s cousin, a fellow rapper, who was stabbed to death in Chicago in February 2017 – is all over Care for Me, the lyrically harrowing, instrumentally plush album that Saba released in April.
- 7/19/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
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