Amazon Launches New Streaming Service, Undercutting Spotify and Apple Music $4 a month with an Amazon Echo, $8 with Prime, or $10 standard Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos / Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images Amazon has launched a new music streaming service, Music Unlimited, the New York Times reports . The…

At this point of her career, it’s easy to forget that Norah Jones was once considered a jazz singer. Back in 2002, long before she worked with Jack White and Brian “ Danger Mouse ” Burton, Jones released Come Away With Me , an understated gem that went on to sell over 11 million units and earn eight…

For those unawares, the United Kingdom voted narrowly in a June 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. According to the BBC , turnout was 72%, with 51.9% voting to leave and 48.1% choosing Remain. 17.4 million people voted Leave, mostly in England and Wales; Scotland voted heavily to remain,…

Solange Knowles turned 30 in June, and it seems clear that her Saturn Returns manifested in an artistic surge. A Seat at the Table , her third full-length album, is the work of a woman who’s truly grown into herself, and discovered within a clear, exhilarating statement of self and community that’s…

The circus around Oasis ’ third album, Be Here Now , makes the modern hoopla surrounding Frank Ocean , Kanye West , and Beyoncé look like amateur hour. Never was the hunger for new product greater, and never was the infrastructure designed to supply it in poorer shape. Back in the summer of 1997,…