Alicia Keys just released her new Alicia album, which occasioned our career-spanning interview. But she's already back today with a new song that wasn't on the LP. It's a duet with Brandi Carlile called "A Beautiful Noise" designed to drive voters to the polls. "I have a voice," goes the hook. "Started out as a…

Swizz Beatz, the veteran rap producer who's married to Alicia Keys and recently started the popular Verzuz series with Timbaland, just broke a lot of records in the highly competitive world of Middle Eastern camel racing. He was already the first African American and the first Westerner to own a camel racing team. And when…

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.…

Song Exploder has long been one of the most interesting music podcasts around, an engaging venue for artists like Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Arcade Fire, Yo La Tengo, and many others to take listeners under the hood and explain how their music works. Now creator Hrishikesh Hirway -- whose own music as The One AM…

Kobe Bryant, one of the most accomplished basketball players in NBA history, died today at age 41 in a helicopter crash that also killed his 13-year-old daughter and seven others. Tributes to Bryant are pouring in, including many from the music world. That sentiment extended to today's Grammys events, which are taking place at the…