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Dinner Menu: Udo Belew

Chef Udo Belew, who works at Jason Scoppa’s Electric Jane in Nashville, has a very interesting and unique take on the marriage of music and food. That is to be expected, though, when your father is iconic guitarist Adrian Belew, best known as the guitarist for King Crimson.

Victory Boyd Finds The Darkness and Glory

The next potentially great artist to come from the Motor City is the impossible to define Victory Boyd, an extremely promising singer who melds soul and folk into a superbly vulnerable and powerful hybrid of genres. The result is the beautiful debut album, Confessions of a Lonely Girl, an emo, folk and soul collection.

Music Discovery: Rora Wilde Is Your New Favorite Leading Lady

A small-town Texas dreamer reinvents herself in Los Angeles, navigating identity, image, and authenticity on her way to becoming a bold new voice in R&B. With Vixen, Rora Wilde steps fully into her power — transforming missteps into confidence and reclaiming her narrative on her own terms.

Songs That Shaped Me: Flea’s Jazz Favorites

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea will release his first jazz album, Honora, March 27.  The album, which features both giants of the jazz genre and friends of his like Nick Cave and Thom Yorke, is the culmination of a life-long love affair with jazz. So, when he agreed to take me through a playlist of some of his all-time favorite jazz tunes, the list was deeper and more eclectic than I ever could have imagined.

Music Discovery of the Month: Meet The Real Charlotte MacInnes

You may think you know Charlotte MacInnes — from stage roles to TV — but you don’t really know her until you hear her own songs, where vulnerability becomes her defining strength. With her debut single “Struck,” she steps fully into that identity, delivering an empowering, self-made promise she’s determined to keep.

Songs That Shaped Me: Noah Cyrus’ Favorite ‘70s Songs

Cyrus gets much of her musical inspiration from her family, particularly her dad. I asked her to dig through her childhood memories and record collection to pick the songs of the ’70s — and a few just beyond — that influenced her songwriting.

South Arcade: Press Play Forever

South Arcade is moving fast, but they are not running blindly — building something in transit while refusing to wait for "arrival" before they start playing.

Music Discovery of the Month: Sydney Ross Mitchell

Texas-born singer-songwriter Sydney Ross Mitchell reflects on her culture-shocking move from a deeply religious small town to Los Angeles, and how that tension between two very different worlds fueled the intimate, healing, and richly cinematic songs on her stunning new EP Cynthia.

Rico Nasty By Nature

On Lethal, her most self-assured album yet, she channels that instinct into a bold statement about standing alone, shedding approval-seeking, and reclaiming her power.