Def Leppard – Guitarist Phil Collen Talks Through Each Track On Their 12th album
If it wasn’t obvious, the title of Def Leppard’s 12th album—which steals a lyric from T. Rex’s 1971 glam-rock hit...
Meat Loaf – A Complicated Musical Giant
Ridiculed by critics and custodians of cool, Meat Loaf’s bombastic performances were loved by millions, providing the soundtrack to the...
What Is Mumble Rap: Cultural Laziness Or A True Reflection Of Contemporary Times?
Mumble rap. Sorry, what was that? Mumble rap - the most recent art form of rapping - or arguably the...
Big K.R.I.T. IZ HERE Follow-Up Is Steeped In Melody, And In Spatial Audio
Have you ever been in the kind of relationship that makes you want to sing? By the sounds of Digital...
Daft Punk – The Duo’s Groundbreaking Debut Is Reissued With A Slew Of Remixes
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter....
4 Essential Reads – Hip-Hop In The Classroom Is Raising The Volume Of Learning
Scholars trace the origin of hip-hop to a “back to school jam” that DJ Kool Herc threw in an apartment...
Lana Del Rey – Her Second Album Of 2021, Made In And About Isolation
Where Lana Del Rey’s previous 2021 album Chemtrails Over the Country Club made no reference to the global pandemic in...
The Love-Hate Relationship Between Hip-Hop And Education
Nolan Jones, Mills College The richest men in hip-hop never finished college. Jay-Z – who is regarded as hip-hop’s first...
Magic Of Live Music – What’s Behind It
Mariusz Kozak, Columbia University For months, fans were relegated to watching their favorite singers and musicians over Zoom or via...
Miles Davis One Of The Most Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century
Björn Heile, University of Glasgow Thirty years after his death, the music of Miles Davis is going strong. Davis defined...