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Although many Americans know Amara La Negra as the Latina breakout star from Love & Hip Hop: Miami, many Latinos remember Diana Danelys De Los Santos as the lone dark-skinned cast member on the Spanish-language variety show, Sábado Gigante. On Thursday, the Dominican-American singer behind funk-laden songs like “What a …

U.K. duo Ida Mae — the husband-and-wife team of Christopher Turpin and Stephanie Jean Ward —team up with T Bone Burnett for their new song “Baby I Need Driver,” part of Amazon Music’s “Produced By” series. It’s a piano-driven number that shows off the partners’ intimate harmonies and easy chemistry. …

Asleep at the Wheel leader Ray Benson announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19, better known as the novel coronavirus. Benson revealed his diagnosis via Facebook on Tuesday, saying that he’d “been feeling tired for about 10 days.” “Went to be tested on the 21st. No tests, so went …

Fifteen years ago, Frances Quinlan was a first-year art student in Maryland who listened to a lot of strange, singular folk songwriters like Joanna Newsom, Jeff Mangum, and Kimya Dawson. Unlike most people her age with the same artists on the playlists in their heads, she was also writing memorable …

Jennifer Nettles has released a new recording of “Tomorrow” from the Broadway musical Annie. The Sugarland singer and Broadway performer put the song and an accompanying video out as a gesture of hope and support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nettles’ interpretation of the standard, featuring musician and composer Alex Lacamoire, …

Willie Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah are waiting out the coronavirus pandemic at their Luck Ranch in Spicewood, Texas. The three are killing time with card games, gardening, and lots of music, including last Friday’s Luck Reunion, which drew more than 100,000 online viewers. The trio closed out …

Over the past decade, Donald Glover has been building his Childish Gambino project from a side hustle to a Grammy-winning, arena-filling artistic persona. Through it all, he’s kept his circle small: His primary musical collaborator this decade has been the producer and composer Ludwig Göransson, a Swede who has known …

Jon Bon Jovi is enlisting fans to help him write a new song, “Do What You Can,” to bring people together amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday night, the musician shared a video in which he explained the project, saying he’d already written the first verse and chorus, but that …

In the wake of the coronavirus, many of us have turned to relaxing activities while home under quarantine, from baking to reading books. If you’re Bob Weir, however, resting is not an option. Weir is known for his intense workout sessions, which he frequently posts videos of on Instagram. Now, …

Nihilism, cocaine, narcissism, misogyny: These are the things that make a new the Weeknd album a Weeknd album. Predictably, After Hours has them all, and doesn’t bother to upend the meticulous mythos the pop star has spent a decade manufacturing. Instead, the Toronto singer’s fourth studio album swaps out one …