Harlem’s Apollo Theater is maybe the most famously intimidating venue on the face of the earth, and even if a visiting foreign next-big-thing doesn’t have to worry about the Sandman’s hook coming to get him, it sure helps if he’s got some New York royalty on his side. Last night, Sam Smith played the Apoll...

Among the attributes necessary for pop stardom, a powerhouse voice is not typically on the shortlist. From Madonna to Rihanna, pop singers have long been able to excel at their occupation without the ability to wail away magnificently. It’s counterintuitive given that job #1 for singers is, ostensibly, singing, but there are other more...

Saturday Night Live has announced its next round of hosts and musical guests, and it represents the biggest stateside look yet in the career of Disclosure collaborator and “Money On My Mind” singer Sam Smith. Smith will get to flex his dumpy Rick Astley charisma and estimable blue-eyed soul coo on the show’s 3/29 ep...

Sam Smith’s pop-star stock just went up considerably. Smith is still best-known for being the guy who sings Disclosure’s “Latch,” but two nights ago, Taylor Swift played London and brought Smith to the stage to sing his great solo dance-pop single “Money On My Mind,” and that’...

The singer, who is related to the winner, announced the news a day early