Last year, the festival earned New Times ’ Best Music Festival award for 2025, a title that naturally raises expectations.

A defiant song, whose lyricist is in prison for snubbing the ayatollah, plays on Jewish themes to confront authoritarian rule ...

Sunday, March 1, Lost In Time Festival 2026 transformed Kingston into a living soundtrack of modern reggae music, welcoming over 16,500 attendees across two vibrant days of music and culture at Hope ...

There is a second form of sacred survival: to survive as a nation. And that too takes precedence over everything.

In need of a global superstar for a sports anthem? Colombian singer J Balvin is the man for the job. He’s one-fourth of Coca-Cola’s anthem for FIFA World Cup 2026.

When K-pop super-label YG Entertainment introduced BLACKPINK in August 2016, the Korean music industry had no shortage of polished girl groups. What it didn't have was an act that could capture the ...

Long before Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes became a household name tied to cartel violence and international manhunts, his reputation was already circulating through a different channel: music. Here are ...

More than 50 years after its release, one 1971 rock anthem is still casting a long shadow over the genre. According to rankings compiled by TheTopTens, the greatest classic rock song of all time is ...

The chart-topping and Grammy Award winning megastar Bad Bunny has fans anticipating his Super Bowl halftime performance. But do you know his hits? Bad Bunny’s superstar status reaches new heights with ...

The breakout song from “KPop Demon Hunters” won best song written for visual media on Sunday, ending a drought for the powerhouse global genre. By Caryn Ganz “KPop Demon Hunters” was one of 2025’s ...

Just two of the five Best Original Song nominees will be performed live at this year’s Oscars ceremony in a move fans say “reeks of favoritism.” The Academy attributed the move to “the limited time ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...