Since her 2013 mixtape Cut 4 Me, Kelela has been one of R&B’s most buzzed-about up-and-comers, an enigmatic presence who melds her strong yet acrobatic voice and bottomless fascination with music’s potential into hooky, forthright post-millennial soul. Kelela has, in the last year, dueted with Solange on A Seat at …

The Smiths unearthed a previously unreleased demo for “I Know It’s Over” on Thursday. The track will appear on a deluxe reissue of The Queen Is Dead on October 20th. The demo of “I Know It’s Over” adheres closely to the final recorded version: Rumbly lines from Andy Rourke on …

Willem Dafoe should be on top of Oscar’s Best Supporting Actor list for his stellar work in The Florida Project, a film that’s as hilarious and heartbreaking as it is unclassifiable. The actor’s soul-deep performance as Bobby, a motel manager working the low-rent fringes of Orlando’s theme-park “paradise,” is alert …

Sean Penn honors the “music, words and way” of Tom Petty in a touching remembrance shared with Rolling Stone. Petty died Monday at the age of 66 after going into cardiac arrest. Penn collaborated with Petty and his band Mudcrutch in 2016, co-directing a music video with Samuel Bayer for …

In a poignant Charles Bradley tribute video from the late singer’s label, Daptone Records, the soul giant belts an a cappella version of his 2013 ballad “Victim of Love” outside the ornate St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. Jeff Broadway and Cory Bailey, co-directors of 2016 documentary Living on Soul: …

Shania Twain, NOWThe first album in 15 years from the Canadian country-pop superstar is “taking inspiration from the expansively chaotic sound of contemporary country pop – a sound she helped to shape in the first place,” writes Rob Sheffield.Read Our Review: Miley Cyrus, Shania Twain Reinvent Themselves Via Country Roots …

Niall Horan surprised longtime fans of his boy band One Direction when he became the first still-active member of the group to go solo following the release of the group’s 2015 LP Made in the A.M. In September of last year, he dropped the folky, tender single “This Town,” a …

Jimmy Kimmel thanked GOP Senators John McCain and Susan Collins and those in Congress whose opposition to the GOP’s proposed Graham-Cassidy bill ultimately led to it not coming up for vote. He also thanked the public who called their representatives to voice their opposition during his show on Tuesday. The …

It, the Stephen King adaptation that has become the highest-grossing horror film of all time, has officially announced the release date for its long-expected sequel: September 6th, 2019. Screenwriter Gary Dauberman will also work on the sequel, while director Andy Muschietti is also in talks to return for It’s second …

Donald Trump rescinded the Golden State Warriors’ invitation to the White House after Stephen Curry said he didn’t want to take part in the traditional post-championship Oval Office visit. “Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning. “Stephen Curry is …