Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on writing her ‘Materalists’ song and reading her late mother’s diary: ‘Almost like I was talking to her again’

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter composed the Oscar-eligible “My Baby (Got Nothing at All)” at the request of Celine ...
RVA Mag

Sound Check | J. Roddy Walston and the Automatic Band, Kendall Street Company, Redd Volkaert & More!

Richmond’s Thanksgiving weekend is packed with standout shows, from J. Roddy Walston at The Camel to Kendall Street Company ...
Time Out

The 25 best albums of 2025

Even after a couple of vintage years for new music, 2025 has been special. Sure, we didn’t get a clear-cut ‘song of the ...

Longtime Prince collaborator dies at 69 — ‘more than a musical icon’

Jellybean Johnson, the funk-pop pioneer and drummer for The Time, died on Friday, two days after turning 69. Johnson is best known for his decades-long stint with The Time, which was created legendary ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1974, the World Lost the Folk Icon Whose Most Beloved Album Became Popular Posthumously (And Almost Got Him Fired When He Was Alive)

On November 25, 1974, Nick Drake died, leaving behind three albums, the third of which would come to be posthumously beloved.