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Sampha has detailed his new album, Lahai, out on October 20th via Young. What’s more, the English singer has also mapped out an accompanying fall tour and shared the latest single, “Only.”

The album title references the name of Sampha’s paternal grandfather, which is also the artist’s middle name. Clocking in at 14 tracks, Lahai features contributions from Yaeji, Léa Sen, Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko), Ibeyi, Morgan Simpson (Black Midi), Yussef Dayes, Laura Groves, and Kwake Bass. It’s described in a press release as a “communal affair” in which Sampha explores human connection while crossing genres including jazz, soul, rap, dance, jungle, and West African music.

Sampha’s supporting tour will kick off with a three-date London residency at Hackney Church beginning October 12th ahead of North American dates in Chicago, Toronto, New York City, and more. It will wrap up in December with a brief run...

The Latin Recording Academy shared its list of nominees for the 2022 Latin Grammys on Sept. 20. Bad Bunny swept the nominations, netting 10 nods overall. His chart-topping album "Un Verano Sin Ti" received nominations for album of the year and best urban music album. Rauw Alejandro, Christina Aguilera, and Rosalía also received a number of noms. On the evening on Nov. 17. Singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the most awards home, leading with six wins including record and song of the year for

"Tocarte" with C. Tangana, Best Pop Song for "La Guerrilla de la Concordia," Best Alternative Song for "El día que estrenaste el mundo," Best Singer/Songwriter album for "Tinta y Tiempo," and Best Portuguese Language Song (alongside Marisa Monte in "Vento Sardo"). Bad Bunny who wasn't present at the award show followed with five awards including Best Urban Album for "Un Verano Sin Ti," Best Urban Fusion Performance, and Best...

If his recent diatribes haven’t made it clear by now, the Puerto Rican rapper Residente rarely holds back when it comes to saying how he feels. But on his detonative new track “This Is Not America,” he’s not focusing on other artists or what he sees as failures of the commercial music industry — instead, he channels his rage toward the violence and arrogance represented by the word “America.”

The track, which features vocals from the French-Cuban twin duo Ibeyi, is a blistering, heated rejection of U.S. imperialism...

Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, the twins who make up the duo Ibeyi, will be back with a new album called Spell 31 on May 6 via Xl Recordings. The project, they share, is all about their destiny finding harmony, healing, and magic as Ibeyi — something captured in their joyous single “Sister 2 Sister,” which celebrates their deep connection to one another and the idea of sisterhood.

The artists take their name from a Yoruba Orisha who is often embodied as a set of twins. They layer their vocals and chant over a sparse,...

Beck recorded an ornate cover of Colourbox’s “Tarantula,” a song later made famous by This Mortal Coil, for his contribution to a compilation of songs inspired by Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-nominated film Roma. The song is a slow build, as orchestral strings and piano provide a moody bed for Beck’s reverb-saturated vocals; eventually, percussion joins in for a big outro. Leslie Feist and Alex Lilly contributed backing vocals to the recording.

It’s starkly different from the synth-driven version Colourbox first released as the B side to their...

Lin-Manuel Miranda continues on his exciting week of Hamilton related content with the introduction of Rise Up, Wise Up, Eyes Up starring the musical duo, Ibeyi who appears courtesy of Xl Recordings Ltd. The track was also produced by Trooko who previously remixed Ibeyi's Me Voy earlier this year. The new studio recording arrives with an intimate companion visual that travels behind the scenes giving viewers an inside look at the recording process. Watch the video for Rise Up, Wise Up, Eyes Up below...