For a man who was so mercurial creatively, Frank Zappa was resolutely focused and consistent throughout his career when it came to his message about who he was and what he did: he was a musician, and he just wanted to be free to make the music he wanted to make for the fans who…

400 pieces of art and furniture from the private collection of David Bowie will be sold at Sotheby’s in November — but first they’re going to star in an exhibit that will visit London, Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong. A visual artist himself, Bowie owned pieces by towering figures including Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.…

The Cedar Cultural Center and event organizers Curious Incidents have announced a concert titled “We Stand Together: A Fundraiser for Philando Castile,” which will take place at the Cedar on Sunday, July 17. Running from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, the event will benefit the family of Philando Castile, who was killed by a police officer while…

Forty-five minutes before slam poet Six is Nine calls “Alright,” by Kendrick Lamar, the song of 2015—before the poet aligns its presence at protests with Shostakovich’s 1942 Leningrad symphony premiere and brings tears to my cheeks—DJ Keezy spins the song. “Alright” is sandwiched between other jams, hits that people have been pausing conversations to throw…

Murs has announced that on Sept. 28, he will live-stream an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest freestyle rap. The record is currently held by Arkansas rapper Romane Armand, who freestyled for just over 24 hours. “People can go to bed, wake up and make sure I’m still rapping,” says Murs — who admits,…

You might not even recognize the Golden Girls theme song “Thank You For Being a Friend” as reimagined by St. Vincent, who shared her eerie take via Twitter. (Rolling Stone) I remade the "Golden Girls" theme song into a dirge. #thankyouforbeingafriend pic.twitter.com/1UaKx6oGgk — St. Vincent (@st_vincent) July 11, 2016 Banks releases NSFW single Banks has released a new…

CHVRCHES and Hayley Williams acquire telekinetic powers in a new animated video for the remix of “Bury It,” which features the Paramore singer as a guest vocalist. (Billboard) Calls for peace and justice continue Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez have released a new single, “Love Makes the World Go Round.” The song was created in the wake of the…

I grew up in Chanhassen, Minn., a small, ordinary suburb of the Twin Cities that also happened to be the part-time home of Prince Rogers Nelson. Prince, in all his expressive, eccentric, flamboyant glory, was everything that Chanhassen was not. His presence and everything he stood for was starkly juxtaposed against this white backdrop. As…

Read this article in Spanish here. As I write in English, I tend to feel a sentence’s rhythm. Even if I don’t have the most precise words for what I want to communicate, I keep going, writing “word?” where I’m uncertain. Later, I fill in the gaps. That’s what I do in English. But last Friday, when…

Cuando escribo rápidamente en inglés, suelo saber con sentido intuitivo el ritmo de una frase. Aunque el significado de lo que quiero comunicar aún no esté bien realizado, sigo escribiendo la frase. Simplemente pongo, “word?” y luego vuelvo para completar la idea. Así escribo en inglés. Pero el viernes pasado, cuando fui al teatro Park…