Long-running Illinois alt-rock duo Local H released their album Lifers last April, just as the world was shutting down. When they otherwise would’ve been touring, band members Scott Lucas and Ryan Harding got busy with some covers. Cover songs have always been a big part of the Local H experience. They released their first covers colle...

Every year, BET holds its annual Hip-Hop Awards, and every year, the Cyphers are the best part. Ever since the show began airing a little more than a decade ago, the highlights have come in the little vignettes were rappers -- some up-and-coming, some established stars, some leftfield picks -- take a few seconds to…

Last night, Brandy and Monica -- the '90s R&B greats who had a famous rivalry and an even-more-famous duet -- got together for what was apparently the most-watched Verzuz battle since the series began earlier this year. The vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris put in a guest appearance, claiming that she'd be singing and dancing&am...

Back in the peak era of initial quarantine, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz did a DJ battle on Instagram Live that kicked off the Verzuz series. It became a whole thing -- so much so that in April, we published a column imagining the best Verzuz battles we'd like to see. What happened tonight on Verzuz,…

For many years, Brandy Clark, a singer and songwriter from rural Washington State, has been working within the Nashville country establishment. As an in-demand songwriter, she's worked with bigger names like Miranda Lambert and Kasey Musgraves. (Clark co-wrote Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart" and Musgraves' "Follow Your Arrow.") Clark has also ma...