Oh and Sorey aren t mere collaborators or accompanists; they re educators and composers in their own rights. Of Sorey s drumming, Iyer cites a life-sustaining kind of magic. And of Oh s bass playing, Her awareness of and relation to pulse, it s like micro-detail, he says. Those qualities and more can be found on
Uneasy, the trio s first studio record, which drops April 9 on ECM Records. The album is a mix of topical material Children of Flint with Iyer originals ( Combat Breathing ) and standards ( Night and Day ) from deep in their wheelhouse.
Most importantly, Iyer considers the pair to be his musical family; together, they re his stronghold through a racially and sociopolitically turbulent time. And with the tragic Atlanta spa shootings in the rearview, the cover where the three musicians names float around an out-of-focus Statue of Liberty is a side-eyed glance at what it means to be an American.
Apr 5, 2021 - 4:14 pm
If there was one word to describe both Paloma Mami and her sound, it would be suave in both the English
and Spanish sense. The rising singer/songwriter is confident and bold traits she has on full display all over her Instagram but she’s also smooth and tender, something evident in her musical repertoire; In conversation with her, it is these characteristics that shine the most. A constant across her music is her velvety voice which imbues each piece with unique softness regardless of subject matter. (She can switch from self-love anthems like Mami to trap-infused ballads about heartbreak like “Fingías with ease.) Once you hear Paloma’s honeyed murmurs, it’s impossible to mistake her sound.
Mar 31, 2021 - 4:54 pm
No matter where life took Mac Miller, you could always find him with a smile on his face.
And in March of 2011, just seven months after the release of his breakthrough mixtape,
K.I.D.S, life took Miller just about everywhere. The then 19-year-old Pittsburgh emcee was seeing success at a rapid pace. It was a year of non-stop touring and non-stop studio sessions in Chicago, North Carolina and at ID Labs studios in Pittsburgh, his home base. He found himself working alongside dream producers like seven-time GRAMMY nominee Just Blaze, and Khrysis, one of his personal favorites whose beats he spit freestyles over just a couple of years before gaining major attention. He also earned features from rappers he idolized like North Carolina legend Phonte and his musical big brother Wiz Khalifa. And, soon enough, he saw a co-sign from a future U.S. president, someone he would eventually publicly denounce: Donald Trump.
Mar 14, 2021 - 7:01 pm
Taylor Swift returned to the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards stage for the first time in five years, and she brought Mother Nature with her. The performance was quite the opposite of her 2014 “Out of the Woods” single (from the GRAMMY-winning 1989), as the artist found herself in the deepest part of the woods to sing a lush medley from her 2020 albums
Folklore and
Watch Taylor Swift Medley At 2021 GRAMMY Awards
Keeping with the theme of Folklore, Swift began her performance with “Cardigan” as she sat atop a moss-covered cabin in the middle of an enchanted forest. Swift was in high spirits as she looked up to the audience, smiling just as much as she hit the notes of the tune.