After that breakthrough, Ms. Aftab’s next project was the excellent 2023 album “Love in Exile,” a collaboration with jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.

Shallow Reign are one of the earliest and most important bands to come out of Deep Ellum in the 1980s. After a long hiatus, the group returned for a show at The Kessler Theater last Saturday. The ...

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At the end of this year, PC Music will stop putting out new music and switch to being an archival label. But before that, they have a few more releases planned, and one of the last major ones will be ...

Slow Motion Reign makes a lot of noise for being just four guys, but these are four pretty talented guys. Especially front man Narek Pogosyan, who not only sings but also plays bass, piano and organ ...

Detroit-bred hip-hop act D12 takes the lead on The Billboard 200, ending the five-week reign of Usher's LaFace/Zomba set "Confessions." The Eminem-led sextet's "D12 World" (Shady/Interscope) arrives… ...

Seattle women’s soccer has a new anthem! On Tuesday, Seattle Reign FC released “Stand Up,” sung by Washington musician Brittany Davis, for the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2025 season. Rolling ...

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