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Jon Batiste: "I Really Do Believe in the Alignment of Intention"

When the clock strikes 11:11, one person who is always there to see it is Jon Batiste. 

"I see 11 everywhere," he says, excited, like he's admitting his sixth sense.....(cont.)

A Child of the First Liberian Civil War, Singer-Songwriter Mon Rovîa Plants His Roots in Tennessee

I meet Mon Rovîa on the back deck of a coffee shop overlooking Coolidge Park in his home base of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mon Rovîa—a moniker he took on several years ago—looks up at me as I approach. We greet each other.....(cont.)
"Ponderous, Cacophonous, and Boring": Our Editors Reveal Their Concert History

Remember your first concert experience? Most likely you do. Good or bad, it probably sticks out in your mind, not just because of the performance, but because of who you were with, the circumstances in which you went.....(cont.)
5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Ivan Moody of 5 Finger Death Punch

Really want to be in:  Any new Rob Zombie-films. The guy is a fuckin' super villain with an eye for the magic of cinema and a master at.....(cont.)
The Womack Sisters Keep It All in the Family

Of the heaps of mementos collected by the legendary Womack family dating back to the 1940s and '50s, three have the most meaning for BG, Kucha, and Zeimani, soon to be known globally as the soulful Womack Sisters. Among the most-treasured items are a pair.....(cont.)
Songs This Summer That Matter

Summer is basically over.

This season has been an epic whirlwind. People are outside living it up.

And yet, there is no clear Song of the Summer.

New music has a big issue.....(cont.)

MOMO. Keeps 'Tum Tum Tumming' Along

Two minutes and six seconds into my conversation with Marcelo Frota, who goes by the moniker MOMO., we discover an uncanny connection. His 2019 album, I Was Told to Be Quiet, was released on Yellow Racket Records.....(cont.) 
The Kids are Alright with Gross Labs Foundation

Nick Gross is proof that having the right mentor can change your life. When the drummer and founder of Gross Labs Foundation was just 16 years old, he and his band Open Air Stereo played their first festival at the 2003 edition of.....(cont.)
Dinner Party Heads Back to the Table

Dinner Party, consisting of pianist Robert Glasper, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and producers Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder, has prioritized consistency from the beginning. The project's two short records—three.....(cont.)
John Carpenter Invites Us Into His Nightmare With Cathedral

John Carpenter, the horror maestro who brought us classics such as Halloween (1978) and The Thing (1982), hasn't made a movie since 2010's The Ward. Now 78 years old, it appears the director has retired from.....(cont.)
Deep Cut Friday: "Everything's Coming Our Way" by Santana

Carlos Santana is instantly recognizable as a guitarist—you can probably identify his distinctive tone and soaring melodicism in the first two seconds of one of his solos. His singing voice, however, is a bit less famous. The early hits of his band Santana were often sung by.....(cont.)
Girl Power Move

There's a "girl math" problem in the music industry that Andie Aronow felt no one was solving. "Did you know that women accounted for just 37% of artists on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 chart?" she begins, sharing a series of dire stats pulled from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative steered by the University of Southern California that examines.....(cont.)
J Balvin, Reggaeton Royalty, Gets Real

On a sweltering midsummer day in New York City, J Balvin is being chauffeured to a promotional stop for his new album Mixteip, released July 17. In the past decade, the Colombian superstar is often credited as catapulting.....(cont.)
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