The seventh song on Paul Simon’s legacy-defining 1986 album, Graceland, is an upbeat ditty called “Mr. Jambo.” The melody and polyrhythms — Gordon’s idea had been percolating for almost a year. He was ...

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To give you a sense of what 2006 looked like in terms of popular music, let us put it this way: the best-selling album of the whole year was none other than the soundtrack to the movie High School ...

I’ve long known, thanks to numerous interviews with composer Grant Kirkhope, that the DK Rap was always intended to be a bit ...

The Malvinas are the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands, the site of an England-Argentina war that looms over ...

It doesn't take much for the old refrain to strike up. Every matchday, every goal and definitely every win (although there's famously not been quite enough of those). As England embark upon their ...

Save “I want to be doing everything I can to change the world and it’s hard to know where to start, but I guess this song is ...

Clavicular is partying in Tel Aviv this week. If you don’t know who that is, first of all, I’m happy for you. Clavicular is a looksmaxxer, part of an online male subculture that subscribes to the idea ...

Kole, Warren Oak Felder and Daniel Pemberton share the Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Music & Lyrics. It’s ...

Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost ...

Billy Bob Thornton and J.D. Andrew are sitting on a porch in Tomball, Texas, watching lightning crack the sky as they call in ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Each summer, a song manages to take hold of the zeitgeist and become an ...