New Orleans Band Tank and The Bangas Wins First Grammy With ‘The Heart, the Mind, the Soul’
[NOLA] Jon Batiste, jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner and R&B singer Lucky Daye were also winners on Sunday BY KEITH SPERA Tank and the Bangas, the genre-blending New Orleans band that intermingles R&B, funk, jazz, hip-hop and spoken word, finally has its first Grammy Award. During the pre-broadcast portion of Sunday’s 67th Grammy Awards, the Bangas’ “The ...
The Super-Sampled Band Cymande Made Funk With a Message. It’s Back.
[New York Times] By Jim Farber The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new album, “Renascence.” By Jim FarberJan. 27, 2025 In the late ’70s, when the star hip-hop producer Prince Paul was just 10 years old, he heard a song that stopped him cold. ...
High Road Artists on NIVA’s Live List
Congratulations to High Road artists Elizabeth Moen, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Kate Bollinger and Squirrel Flower on making NIVA’s third annual Live List! The list highlights 49 must-see artists who’ve made waves on independent stages across the United States. NIVA, The Black List, and SARA Live in partnership with Paste Magazine aggregated anonymous votes from more than 1,000 NIVA members consisting of independent music and ...
Dean Wareham Announces New Solo LP ‘That’s The Price Of Loving Me’ and Spring Tour Dates
[Glide Magazine] Dean Wareham has announced the March 28 release of a new solo album, That’s The Price Of Loving Me via Carpark. The LP reunites Wareham with Kramer (Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Low) as producer, marking their first collaboration in 34 years. The pair last worked together on Galaxie 500’s swan song This Is Our Music ...
Iconic Artist Bob Mould Shares First Single of 2025 “Here We Go Crazy”
[Living Life Fearless] Bob Mould is celebrating the new year with the announcement of a long-awaited new studio album. Here We Go Crazy arrives via Granary Music/BMG Records on Friday, March 7. Mould’s 15th solo album and first full-length new album in more than four years, Here We Go Crazy – which follows 2020’s critically acclaimed Blue Hearts – is heralded by ...