How can a song by an unknown band acquire 6.5 million listens? It was difficult to tell in the days before streaming, when we still used “popular” instead of “viral,” and it’s much more perplexing today. Facebook would have created an algorithm for it if they had known. That hasn’t prevented reviewers from spinning their […]

Jon Batiste, a composer and pianist, was on the move in June 2020. From his dressing area at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he works as the bandleader for Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, he was scoring Pixar’s first Black-led movie, Soul, throughout the week. He was working on the music for his eighth album, We […]

If there was ever a moment when people yearned for simple party music, it’s now. When the constraints are lifted, the band emerges: Jungle, a duo of west London singer-producers and their five-piece backup band of live multi-instrumentalists, perform the first of four sold-out London shows before heading to the United States. They must kick […]

This article will discuss why the band queen has two drummers. We’ve seen several bands that needed a second drummer to perform at our stage. The main reasons are One drummer doesn’t match the style or character of the other drummer One drummer is not able to fulfill the respective parts of the song The […]