Petit Biscuit, "Presence" (Petit Biscuit Music) Petit Biscuit is an accurate pseudonym for Mehdi Benjelloun, nearly 18, of French and Moroccan heritage and the precocious creator of precious...

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Speed The Plough, "...And Then" (Speed The Plough) Part of New Jersey's rich indie scene, Speed The Plough has a family tree deserving its own entry in any rock genealogy, with crisscrossing...

Globe-trotting EDM star Diplo recently checked another locale off his performance wish-list: Cuba. In March 2016, the Grammy-winning producer-DJ and his trio Major Lazer became one of the first...

Mavis Staples, "If All I Was Was Black" (Anti/Epitaph) Mavis Staples seems to grow in stature the longer she keeps chronicling America and its contemporary woes. Her constant frame of reference...

Still Malta's most active solo female artist to date- Ira Losco did not disappoint her audience at her recent sold out concert, where the Grand Master Suite at The Hilton was brimming with loyal...

N.E.R.D., "No_One Ever Really Dies" (Columbia) There's a new N.E.R.D. album out so it's best to plan ahead: Carve out some time and be prepared to put in some work. N.E.R.D. albums are not...

She made history of sorts at age 20 by becoming the youngest singer ever to win the Metropolitan Opera's vocal competition. Now, at the age of 29, Nadine Sierra is on the brink of stardom. It's...

Neil Young + Promise of the Real, "The Visitor" (Reprise Records) Neil Young is unhappy. That's good news for music fans. Young is back and crotchety in "The Visitor," a record that...

Garth Brooks says he's happy to share the first of five anthologies he created with his fans while he's still alive and kicking. "Every artist seems to wait 'till they're dead, and I just don't...