‘Heated Rivalry’ Showrunner Jacob Tierney and His Music Team on Scoring Sex Scenes, and Why Including T.A.T.u’s ‘All the Things She Said’ Was a ‘F— You to Russia’

Heated Rivalry’s Jacob Tierney and the show's music team talked about scoring sex scenes, song choices and why using TATu was ...
Under the Radar

Adventure (Rhino High Fidelity)

Television’s first two albums are as near perfect documents of the late ’70s New York art punk scene as you will ever find. Not punk, not pop, not rock, and certainly not New Wave, Television ...

How important is terrorism in a story about a Lebanese music icon?

Israel is mentioned three times in the story. After introducing Fairuz as the voice of Lebanon with three short song clips, ...
The Arts Desk

Tamikrest’s ‘Assikel’ is a woozy call to resistance

Tamikrest are one of the swaths of Tuareg bands that were born out of the violent oppression of their people at the hands of ...

Tuma Basa: From Spotify to YouTube, making space for Black culture on the global stage

CNN’s Larry Madowo speaks with former YouTube director of Black music and culture. Basa reflects on African music’s global ...