As we head into a new decade, Ampersand music writer Haley Bosselman zeroes in on pop music's rising artists.
“This is my blue hour, and I’m so grate...
Jesus
is King is 27 minutes of Kanye speaking to the church of
Kanye. This is supposed to be a gospel rap album. Instead, this is an album
about a born-ag...
The crowd for Sleater-Kinney is a sea of leather and flannel, dyed hair and blunt bangs. There’s an anticipatory bustle as people gently jostle each other on t...
Singer UMI — Tierra Umi Wilson — released her debut EP, Love Language, in time for the cuffing season when freakish temperatures slump our attention toward pumpkin spice lattes, comfy cozy sweaters, and finding a bae with whom to cuddle up. ...
Growing up in the south as a little black girl, I never felt a connection to my African roots. But truth is, I envied people who could trace their lineage furt...
Catchy melodies and the stigma of liking them: What does it mean to be embarrassed for your pop music pleasures? Cate Young talks to pop music experts, critics...
It felt like floating.
Somewhere between Downtown Los Angeles and North Texas, I found my body buzzing with the sounds of electro-pop duo, Refs, at Th...
Jean Michele Basquiat, Jeff Koons, and David Hammond among others beg the question: Is there any true way in? Art takes all comers, if you look with what Frede...
Contemporary artists from marginalized communities are taking well-known images, symbols, and figures and using them to tell their own stories. Victoria Alejan...
