Yeat and EsDeeKid have dropped a new song together, 'Made It On Our Own.' The track arrives alongside a video, directed by Director X, that they filmed at Drake's Toronto mansion (although Drake himself does not appear).
Sly Dunbar, who has died aged 73 after a long illness, was one of the most renowned Jamaican drummers, respected internationally for his precision timing and for the inventiveness with which he approached his instrument. Crafting non-standard reggae rhythms that drew on funk, soul and disco, Dunbar and his bass-playing partner, Robbie Shakespeare, backed nearly every reggae artist of note
What interested me here was the idea of using my voice and new tools in service of expression, not instead of it. This project respects the artist's voice, the artist's choices, and the artist's ownership. I grew up watching my parents create wonderful dreams that were owned by other people. ElevenLabs makes it possible for anyone to be a creator and owner. That matters.
Yet as soon as Damani and his band Mino Yanci started playing, Tongo began reciting poetry. Something clicked. "I wasn't even a guy that was really into poems, if I'm honest," admits Damani. "But when I heard him, all of a sudden, I was into poems." Realizing they'd stumbled onto something, Damani extended an invite for Tongo to meet up again at Zoo Labs studio in West Oakland.
It's fun to have a song like that in your pocket. I'll be in front of a bunch of people playing more quiet gentle music, and then I've got ones like that to pull out.
Aerosmith have teamed up with Yungblud for a new single titled "My Only Angel," with both acts unveiling a teaser clip for the song on Monday (September 15th). The short clip (watch and listen below) shows Steven Tyler and Yungblud recording the song's big chorus as they stand side by side at the mic, with other scenes revealing guitarist Joe Perry contributing to the track, as well.
Their collaboration began in a fairly inauspicious, on-the-hoof style. For the 1994 EP My Iron Lung, they came up with the idea of videoing an actual iron lung and using a still from the ensuing footage.
"We had a few windows in mid-winter and it really felt like there was an urgency to capture a moment in time with these songs, performances, people involved, and against the political backdrop," says Ben Whitely. "The record really feels like a capture instead of a meticulous construction. Part of Joan's concept was not only to go to a place but to draw on the community of musicians from that place."
"On A Low" sees Skepta bring a measured, emotive edge to Tiwa's vibrant vocals, as the two explore the complexities of keeping a relationship under wraps.
Dropping on October 10th via Polyvinyl Record Co., Belong is the follow-up to Melina Duterte's excellent 2019 album. Duterte wrote, composed, performed, produced, engineered, and mixed the record, which marks her first project to feature guest vocalists.
"Starlight reaches for a kind of euphoric melancholy-a guiding light in all of my music. It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to 90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s-artists like Gigi D'Agostino and Alice Deejay."
The moans of Russell glacier, arising from deep within its melting ice, illustrate the profound changes occurring in Greenland as climate change accelerates.
In the beginning, it was - a lot of it had to do with the fact that I was in LA. People just come to LA, you get in the studio... Since then, I’ve been touring about 200-plus shows a year, I take that as a way to experience different genres and meet different artists.
