The pandemic may have canceled live performances and theatrical releases for most of 2020, but for movie music lovers, that simply meant more time at home listening to their favorite music, including music. numerous releases of music never heard before outside of their original cinematic contexts. “There’s always an insatiableRead More →
It was a pretty good year for music but a miserable one for music lovers. While the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t exactly stopped artists from putting out excellent albums, fans couldn’t see their favorite new songs performed live. Listening to an artist’s tracks on Spotify gives us a glimpse of theirRead More →
Year in music: 2020 albums If there’s a silver lining this year, it’s the number of albums we’ve received from some of the biggest and best in the business. It seemed that with Covid-19 forcing everyone to postpone or cancel their tours and festival appearances, it gave them more timeRead More →
ten Brandee Younger and Dezron Douglas – Force Majeure Recorded during lockdown in the couple’s New York apartment, Force Majeure (named after the fine print of a contract referring to extraordinary events, such as a global pandemic) sees harpist Brandee Younger and double bassist Dezron Douglas, in duo on aRead More →
Nadia Boulanger is known more as a teacher than a composer, and the work of her sister Lili, who died in the pandemic a century ago, has been almost entirely overlooked. In these crystal-clear performances, Phan and Huang make an almost eloquent argument for the enduring value of their music.Read More →
A number of artists have delivered some of the best albums this year despite the pandemic wreaking havoc. Celebrities topped the charts and managed to deliver outstanding performances throughout the year with their albums. Songs from the albums managed to make it to Billboard’s Hot 100 list or to dominateRead More →
Most of us would like to erase many memories of 2020 as the year draws to a close. But for music lovers, this past year has been remarkably good. Forced closures, quarantines and social distancing meant that there were no tours or concerts. It hit musicians’ livelihoods hard and disappointedRead More →
Ah, 2020, the year of dance music’s great existential dilemma: what good is music made for the club at a time when the club doors are locked indefinitely? Some of us turned to our headphones, enjoying alone what we used to enjoy among a crowd of thousands. Some of usRead More →
Regardless of how we consumed dance music in 2020, the fact remains – while the live events just didn’t happen, the music that fuels them has continued to come. And during a singular moment in history when many of us had a lot more free time, listening to albums inRead More →
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Hometown: Gardendale, Alabama Recent project: The country pop single “Shut It Down”, Apple Music radio host The Tiera Show First artist she was obsessed with: Taylor Swift When Tiera first arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, she wondered if her career could follow Taylor Swift’s path. “I was like, I’m going toRead More →
It’s that time of year again when, as editor-in-chief, I have the joy of picking my personal favorite. Top 100 Folk Music Albums of 2020 which have been covered on Folk Radio UK by our team over the past year. Of course, like all of the albums featured on FolkRead More →