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Sick New World: Home Away From Home

At long last, for avid nu metal and alternative music fans alike, after the cancellation of the festival in 2025, Sick New World once again returned to the Las Vegas Festival grounds for the festival's third instalment, which took place April 25th.

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.

Forgotten Star: Maria Muldaur, ‘The Muldaur Effect’ And The Rise of Americana

If you were to stumble upon a rare copy of the Even Dozen Jug Band’s sole and self-titled album on CD, you’d find within the liner notes a revelation offensive to anyone familiar with Maria Muldaur’s work: that producer Paul Rothchild (The Doors, Janis Joplin) insisted she remain a backing vocalist, believing her voice “didn’t…

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.