It took 42 years for the United States to ratify the 19th Amendment, enshrining a woman’s right to vote. Between the time it was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and when it actually became law in 1920, the Panama Canal was built, nine states joined the unionand World War …

Toronto native Jessie Reyez is a showstopper. At an otherwise lackluster MTV VMAs, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter held the star-studded crowd captive that night with a saccharine performance of her 2018 single, “Apple Juice” — and in denim overalls, no less. “Everybody was like, “It’s your first time here, how do …

How do you pay tribute to a true original? That’s the question at the heart of Six Encomiums for Cecil Taylor, a fascinating new album — produced by avant-garde mastermind John Zorn — on which six adventurous jazz pianists honor Taylor, the perennially radical, school-unto-himself dynamo of the keys who …

Folk duo the Milk Carton Kids (otherwise known as Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan) continue their embrace of the full band sound that distinguishes their new album, All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do, from previous efforts. To accentuate that sound, the pair …

“Wanna try a hard one?” Hop Along have been rehearsing in a windowless basement in southern New Jersey for most of a late July afternoon, and Frances Quinlan is doing her best to keep her bandmates and herself motivated. Tomorrow at 8 a.m. sharp, they’ll pile into a van for …

This spring, the Eaux Claires festival – founded by Aaron Dessner of The National and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver – made a startling announcement: It would not share any details of its lineup ahead of time. “It’s intentional as a way to get out of the headliners’ arm race,” …

“Fourteen people came up to me and said you should be president,” says Melissa Murray, the interim dean of the Berkeley Law School. She is talking to Gavin Newsom, who just delivered the school’s commencement address. Newsom has been the mayor of San Francisco, and he’s currently lieutenant governor of …

Canadian rapper k-os returned with his first new song in three years on Friday, a breezy, tongue-in-cheek single titled “No Bucks.” k-os released albums at a steady clip between 2002 and 2015, earning a pair of platinum certifications in Canada and a Grammy nomination Stateside for Best Dance Recording. But …

Three years ago at the Kennedy Center Honors, a 73-year-old Aretha Franklin took the stage in a floor-length fur coat, sat down at the piano and brought President Obama to tears. Her performance of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” was so rousing that it elicited a standing …

Aminé, the Portland rapper best known for his 2016 sleeper hit “Caroline,” has a bone to pick with how rappers classify their albums. In the past few years, rappers releasing new music have often drawn distinctions between what is an album versus what is a mixtape (or, in Drake’s case, …