Singer Nancy Vieira from Cape Verde will introduce morna in Viljandi – a musical style included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list that has not previously been heard at the festival. Vieira ...
More top international artists have been added to the lineup for the 2026 Viljandi Folk Music Festival. This year's festival theme is "To Each Their Own Instrument." ...
The British pop star is back with a fifth studio album this year, a decade after the last one. But what does it mean?
From Puerto Rican instruments to power line poles, Bad Bunny packed his ebullient 13 minutes with profound symbolism.
For mridangam exponent Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam, 2026 began with good tidings — he has been chosen for the Padma Shri, his ...
We review Drink the Sea, a new supergroup featuring members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees and Them Crooked Vultures.
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new ...
Hold your horses. According to the Chinese zodiac, which is calculated by the Chinese lunar calendar, 2026 is the year of the horse; specifically, the fire horse. The horse is the seventh of a dozen ...
The evening before Music's Biggest Night, there is always Music's Smallest but Mightiest Night. That could serve as one way ...
Over a pounding reggaeton beat, Bad Bunny (alongside Plan B’s Chencho Corleone) promises to behave himself for his girl. The ...
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: MCASD's annual art auction; a new creative storytelling series; "Peter and the Wolf"; vibraphone music; Convoy Rising; the Blacktronika lecture series and more ...
On Sunday, in front of tens of millions of television viewers, the Puerto Rican reggaeton phenomenon will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, on the heels of winning Album of the Year at the ...