When I think of my daughter, when I think of all the little girls in the world, to be able to see that two Latinas (are) doing this in this country at this time, it’s just very empowering for us. | | | | 20 Yards From Stardom: Beyoncé at the 2016 Super Bowl, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.
(Focus on Sport/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “When I think of my daughter, when I think of all the little girls in the world, to be able to see that two Latinas (are) doing this in this country at this time, it’s just very empowering for us.”
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| | rantnrave:// Apologies for the last two days of no newsletters. I was recovering from my post-GRAMMY flu... Next up, perhaps: a post-BREXIT respiratory infection, while British musicians find themselves without the protection of the EU's Copyright Directive and musicians on either side of the border try to figure out what it's going to be like to route a tour from Lisbon to London to Lyon in the coming years. (If only BEETHOVEN could still tour. It appears the #1 song in the UK on Brexit day is going to be the anti-Brexit anthem "ODE TO JOY." In the US, on what could also be a monumental day, it's RODDY RICCH's "THE BOX"; interpret that as you see fit)... The SUPER BOWL halftime show has had plenty of notable moments in recent years, from BEYONCÉ marching in "FORMATION" on the field in 2016 to LADY GAGA dropping in from the roof of NRG STADIUM a year later. What the world's most viewed musical event hasn't had in six years is a nonwhite headliner. Kudos to the NFL, and its partner ROC NATION, for fixing that this weekend with a Latina double bill of JENNIFER LOPEZ and SHAKIRA at Sunday's game in Miami Gardens, Fla. "Political, but political in a way that's different from COLIN KAEPERNICK," writes the UNDEFEATED. Elsewhere, ROLLING STONE ranks five decades' worth of halftime shows (before you click, can you guess the one pop act from the past 10 years that RS's ROB SHEFFIELD ranks below "Everything From 1967 to 1989"?), and POLLSTAR, noting a week's worth of Miami-area concerts by LIZZO, the CHAINSMOKERS, HARRY STYLES, LIL WAYNE, MAROON 5, DAN + SHAY and more, wonders, "Is Super Bowl Week the New SXSW?" (um, perhaps not if SOCCER MOMMY and BEACH SLANG aren't going to be there). The NEW YORK TIMES remembers a particularly strange mid-'90s halftime involving PATTI LABELLE and snakes, and the RINGER has an oral history of the single greatest thing that's ever happened on an American football field... The TAYLOR SWIFT documentary MISS AMERICANA premiered on Netflix overnight and opens a limited theatrical run tonight. The doc traces, among other things, Swift's discovery of her political voice, which she used for the first time—against the advice of her father and her management—to oppose the Senate candidacy of Tennessee's MARSHA BLACKBURN. On Thursday, Blackburn wished Swift well and suggested she and the singer had common interests even if "there are policy issues on which we may always disagree"... It's FRIDAY and that means new music from KESHA, LIL WAYNE, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, FRANCES QUINLAN, TORRES, LOUIS TOMLINSON, MEGHAN TRAINOR, YO GOTTI, TERRACE MARTIN'S GRAY AREA, DESTROYER, RAFIQ BHATIA, SQUAREPUSHER, POLIÇA, CURREN$Y, RUSS, the GOD FAHIM, SQUIRREL FLOWER, YOUBET, DAN DEACON, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, JOSÉ FELICIANO, FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB, JOEY ALEXANDER, JOACHIM KÜHN & MATEUSZ SMOCZYŃSKI, JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER WITH WYNTON MARSALIS & WAYNE SHORTER, DAN ROSENBOOM, the WESTERLIES, SYLEENA JOHNSON, SON LITTLE, KEVIN ROSS, ISOBEL CAMPBELL, BEN WATT, DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, SAM LEE, MARC ALMOND and TINSLEY ELLIS. Plus: the benefit album LET THE RHYTHM LEAD: HAITI SONG SUMMIT VOL 1, featuring JACKSON BROWNE, JENNY LEWIS, HABIB KOITÉ and others, and HOT S*** ATTITUDE, a tribute album to the Queens, N.Y., hardcore band OUTBURST... Also, I feel strangely obligated to inform you that GRIMES' boyfriend made a song... RIP WES WILSON, TONI SMITH and HARRY HARRISON. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| The Creative Independent |
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| MIDI 2.0 is live, and it could mean the end of the keyboard’s dominance over popular music. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| The band has built a merchandising and endorsement empire on a scale not seen in Western pop music -- drawing on a commanding social media presence to reach millions of young, global consumers | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| The performance will not be boring, but sexual. And Latinos and U.S. Latino folk get representation on one of the biggest stages in the world. | | |
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 | Pollstar |
| For decades, Super Bowl host cities have hosted hit-or-miss NFL championship games. But in recent years, these locales have become something more, transforming into world-class entertainment hubs in the days surrounding the big game. | | |
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 | Trapital |
| As Apple anticipates record growth from its AirPods, the much-improved Beats headphones need space to grow outside of Apple's umbrella. | | |
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 | Hot Pod |
| With their instantly recognizable combination of nostalgic, mellow, boombap beats and colorful, anime-inspired looping GIFs, 24/7 lo-fi hip-hop livestreams on YouTube have won the hearts and studious minds of millions of listeners. Much ink has been spilled on the scene's swift rise, dynamic community and perhaps problematically leanback nature over the past several years. | | |
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| Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker used to prefer solitude. But with a long-awaited album, arena shows and ever more star collaborations on the way, he’s owning up to what he really wants: a place at the center of pop music. | | |
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| Emily Lazar has mastered albums for Beck, Vampire Weekend, Dolly Parton, David Bowie, Sia, and hundreds more. Here’s how she does it. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| As the heavens opened up and rain poured down, the Purple One ran through a handful of covers and some of his own songs, delivering an iconic set on the biggest stage possible and only expanding his legend. | | |
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 | The Independent |
| The guitarist vanished on 1 February 1995 and is widely presumed to have taken his own life, but a body was never found and there is no definitive proof that he died by suicide. A quarter of a century later, Ed Power reflects on the rock star whose legacy is one of tragedy and conspiracy | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| WBGO seems to be distancing itself from the community that built it. There have been repercussions. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| As the two sides dig in over claims of voting irregularities and sexual misconduct, the future of both parties remains uncertain. | | |
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| Trapital |
| UnitedMasters and Translation CEO Steve Stoute came through the Trapital Podcast to talk about ownership in hip-hop, why the music distribution company partnered with the NBA, Apple Music, and NBA 2K. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Kobe Bryant will be remembered as a basketball legend, but he also made a brief, little-known foray into hip-hop, rapping alongside Tyra Banks and Beyoncé. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| The unclassifiable cult artist and musician has stayed under the radar for almost 50 years. | | |
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 | Variety |
| Greg Harris talks with Variety about recent Hall of Fame changes, like Jann Wenner's exit, and why nominees that fell short, like the Dave Matthews Band, should still be celebrating. | | |
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 | VICE |
| In the 60s, Al-Bara'em became Palestine's first band to perform original songs in Arabic. Now, a band member's son hopes to preserve their legacy. | | |
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 | Talkhouse |
| Find some friends and sing a song together. | | |
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 | YouTube |
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