WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders was well on his way to winning the Democratic Party nomination … and then black voters had their turn. It began with Joe Biden‘s decisive victory in the South Carolina primary, where a strong turnout by a predominantly black electorate performed life support on Biden’s …

Less than two months have passed since progressive post-punk trailblazers Wire put out their most recent album, Mind Hive, and they’ve already slated the release of another LP. The band will issue the vinyl-only 10:20 on Record Store Day, April 18th, and they’re previewing it with the surprisingly serene reworking …

Inevitability is in the air. Joe Biden scored a series of victories Tuesday night, building a delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and putting himself on course to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. Biden won by large margins in Mississippi and Missouri, where he was expected to do well. More …

Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, Pretenders, and My Morning Jacket will perform at Eddie Vedder‘s Ohana Festival, held on September 25th through the 27th in Dana Point, California. Vedder is also slated to perform as a solo headliner. The fifth annual festival will also include Maggie Rogers, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien …

Motown Records’ 1963 audio document of the March on Washington, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, has been released digitally for the first time. Recorded on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 23rd, 1963, The Great March on Washington also contains …

“Check your egos at the door” read the sign on the front door of A&M Studios in Los Angeles on the night of January 28th, 1985. Producer Quincy Jones had placed it there because dozens of the nation’s biggest singers were walking through that door, and he had exactly one …

What might emptiness sound like? That’s what Mike Hadreas, who records as Perfume Genius, sought out with producer Blake Mills on “Describe,” his latest single. The song takes on a simple premise: the narrator is struggling in the midst of a tough episode, asking a loved one to help render …

Update (6/11): The Dixie Chicks have announced a new date for their album Gaslighter. The country trio will release the LP on July 17th. *** Update (4/21): The Dixie Chicks have postponed the release of their new album Gaslighter. The trio’s first LP since 2006 was originally slated to arrive …

Colombian artist Lido Pimienta invites her fellow countrywoman, Bomba Estéreo vocalist Li Saumet, to reflect on both the power and strain of motherhood in their new single, “Nada.” It’s the third single off Pimienta’s upcoming album, MissColombia, out April 17th on ANTI. Both commanding, trailblazing musicians in their own right, …

Jenny Lewis stopped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert, and the Rabbit Fur Coatsinger-songwriter had a few tricks up her sleeve. For her rendition of “Rabbit Hole,” from her latest albumOn the Line, Lewis got the entire NPR staff audience to sing along to the track’s uber-catchy chorus right …