Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ features these Puerto Rican artists
Throughout his career, Bad Bunny has collaborated with some big acts: Drake, J Balvin, Rosalía, Cardi B and more. But to make “Debí Tirar Más…
Why Apple Music is betting on live radio in an on-demand era
In 2015, Zane Lowe left his job as a DJ on the BBC’s venerable Radio 1 in the U.K. to become the principal voice of…
Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ is his best album to date
Find someone who loves you as much as Bad Bunny loves Puerto Rico.The 30-year-old music star dropped “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (I Should’ve Taken More…
I had a greatest hits mentality making this album, says Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos on new record The Human Fear
THE Human Fear is unmistakably a Franz Ferdinand record – and they make no excuses for that.The Scottish band’s first studio album in seven years…
Fania Records put salsa on the map. Can it evolve?
There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its apocalyptic…
The 30 best Latin music songs of 2024, according to the De Los staff
For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies…
Huge Noughties band to launch comeback in 2025 as they release ‘nostalgic’ seventh studio album
THEIR debut record Inside In/Inside Out soundtracked the end of my A-Levels, with hits like Naive, Ooh La and You Don’t Love Me still among…
Richard Perry, producer behind ‘You’re So Vain,’ dead at 82
Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod…
Beyoncé brings ‘Cowboy Carter’ to the NFL on Netflix
Beyoncé brought her album “Cowboy Carter” to life for the first time in a halftime performance at an NFL game on Christmas Day in her…
Snoop Dogg reclaims West Coast gangsta roots with help from Dr. Dre on ‘Missionary’
The highlight of this year’s Paris Olympics was a 53-year-old rapper from Long Beach.Snoop Dogg — out on assignment as an NBC commentator — carried…
Why Jim Carrey came back for ‘Sonic 3:’ ‘I need the money’
Years after swearing off acting, Jim Carrey returns to the big screen next week. Now, he’s explaining why. In a 2022 interview with “Access Hollywood,”…
Beverly Glenn-Copeland makes L.A. debut ahead of dementia doc
“This took 30 years to write,” Beverly Glenn-Copeland says, laughing, remembering how his song “Prince Caspian’s Dream” came to him in small increments every 10…
The Weeknd is bringing his new album to the Rose Bowl
The Weeknd is bringing his new album to Southern California. The pop-soul singer announced Wednesday that his new LP, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” will be released…
For the guest rappers on ‘GNX,’ recording with Kendrick Lamar means ‘You’ve got to be a student.’
A few months ago, the Compton rapper Siete7x was up in the Bay Area shooting a music video. Around 4 a.m., he got a call…
Khalid owns coming out as gay after saying he was outed
For R&B singer Khalid, a recent revelation about his sexuality shouldn’t be an earth-shattering event. In a series of tweets shared Friday, the Grammy-nominated “Location”…
Kendrick Lamar drops new surprise album ‘GNX’: 5 takeaways
Everyone suspected a new Kendrick Lamar album was coming soon — between a Super Bowl halftime show slot next year and a haul of Grammy…
Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson sing surprise CMA Awards duet
Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who was not nominated for any Country Music Assn. Awards this year, still made a surprise appearance at the Nashville ceremony…
Appreciation: Remembering Saafir, California’s avant garde rap innovator
Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday…
Beyoncé teams with Netflix for Christmas NFL halftime show
It’s no concert film or visual album, but it’s still a gift of Bey proportions: Beyoncé will perform a live NFL halftime show in Houston…
Doechii, Vince Staples, Tyler, the Creator and more light up Day 1 of Camp Flog Gnaw at Dodger Stadium
Thousands of Tyler, the Creator fans gathered Saturday night at Dodger Stadium to mark 10 years of the rapper’s taste-making festival, Camp Flog Gnaw. The…