Today, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James releases Regions Of Light And Sound Of God, his first-ever proper solo album. And last night, he appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to pimp said album. In a beautifully staged performance, he sang the album’s elegantly floating single “A New Life” with the Roots, a s...

As the house band for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the Roots have proven their prowess for performing across genres, from accompanying Carly Rae Jepsen and Mariah Carey with toy instruments to acting as the backup for a legion of the show’s musical guests. Bandleader Questlove has now revealed that they’ve made a collaborati...

When she released her brilliant debut album Devotion last year, some of us started wondering when the British soul singer Jessie Ware would make her way to American shores. And even though Devotion still isn’t out in the U.S. (it arrives in April), Ware’s now enjoying the shittiest part of the East Coast winter. Last [...]

Black Star Riders guitarist Damon Johnson explains the roots of a new track, 'Hoodoo Voodoo.'

During her attempted career as a conventional top-40 type, Sky Ferreira never made it as far as a late-night TV performance. Instead, she had to reinvent herself as a dead-eyed stoner-pop queen and link up with Dev Hynes, a makeover that resulted in the great single “Everything Is Embarrassing.” And last night, she made that ...