At the beginning of this year, we got some truly great news: De La Soul’s catalog, which includes some of the greatest rap records in history, was finally coming to streaming services, getting past all the sample-clearance issues and money disputes that had long plagued the group. A few weeks later, something terrible happened. De La S...

Sometimes, cool things just happen for no particular reason. Just go with it. St. Vincent, for instance, is in between promo cycles; Daddy’s Home, her last album, came out two years ago. Every once in a while, though, Annie Clark will pop up on late-night TV with a sick-ass cover song. Last year, she did Fleetwood Mac’s &...

Beale Street Music Festival — now that’s some simple and direct branding. Except it’s not actually on Beale Street! Though Beale does intersect with Riverside Dr., where festival site Tom Lee Park sits on the banks of the Mississippi. I retract my statement.

The Roots have revealed the lineup for the 2023 edition of their annual Roots Picnic, which will take place in Philadelphia on June 3 and 4. Headlining the music side of this year’s event are Ms. Lauryn Hill (celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill), Diddy backed by the Roots, and Lil Uzi Vert. Dave Chappell...

The Roots cannot be in two places at once, and as such, while The Tonight Show house band journeyed to Los Angeles for tomorrow night’s Grammys ceremony, former Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer stepped in for one night only on Friday to help out Jimmy Fallon. “It’s such a coincidence we’re here tonight because 41 years a...