NEW YORK — At the end of every year, when critics rush to compile their best of the year lists, great art inevitably gets overlooked. “Dunya,” Mustafa Sudanese Canadian singer Mustafa’s “Dunya” hits like ancient folkloric tradition and sounds like poetry. This year, he’s found a partner in Kansas City producer Conductor Williams for “Across the Tracks,” a dreamy, loop-heavy …
After five years of Latin music’s meteoric ascent in the American mainstream, it’s hardly surprising — at least to anyone paying attention — that Bad Bunny and Rosalía’s exhilarating new albums have eclipsed even the most popular Anglophone artists of today. 1 dance-pop LP, “Vice Versa,” Alejandro chronicled the last vestiges of his 20s on his third studio album, the …
New Mix: Sevdaliza, Mabe Fratti, The Arcs, more toggle caption Courtesy of the artists The Arcs are putting out their first album in eight years at the top of 2023; it's called Electrophonic Chronic. Now at age 30, Billy Strings and his dad have made a record together called Me/And/Dad, and you'll hear the traditional bluegrass tune, "Long Journey Home." …
