Smooth Jazz

The category for Best New Artist is always one of the most anticipated at the Latin Grammys. This year, the Latin Recording Academy recognized 11 artists from countries such as Panama, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, and Chile, each of them representing distinct musical styles and career paths. Before the ceremony, which takes place Nov. 18th in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, three of the nominees discussed their music and how it feels to be nominated.

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Lorde has released a simple but beautifully scenic new video for “Leader of a New Regime,” a track off her most recent album, Solar Power.

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Kanye West has released the new song “Eazy” featuring The Game. The rapper legally known as Ye has been in the studio working on the follow-up to Donda.

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Well, that was awesome. The Super Bowl halftime show finally opened up to hip-hop—this was the first time the rappers got to bumrush center stage, instead of serving as a sideshow. And it was a triumph. Dr. Dre presided over an all-time great Super Bowl blowout, rocking alongside Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, and Anderson .Paak on drums. It was a celebration of West Coast rap history at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, in a battle between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Two of singer-songwriter Terry Allen’s Eighties-era releases will be reissued by the indie label Paradise of Bachelors this May: 1980’s Smokin’ the Dummy and 1983’s Bloodlines. Both albums have both been long out of print, having last been reissued as a joint single album in 1997 by Sugar Hill Records, and are currently unavailable on streaming services.

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Earlier on Oscars night, Billie Eilish revealed that writing a song for the James Bond franchise had been a longtime dream for her and her brother, Finneas, who used to practice writing “Bond songs” just to see what they could come up with.
All of that practice paid off when the pair took to the stage to perform their 2020 song “No Time to Die” — a classic, string-laden noir ballad — which minutes later snagged the Best Original Song Oscar over Beyoncé’s “Be Alive,” Sebastián Yatra’s “Dos Oruguitas,” Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy,” and Reba McEntire’s “Somehow You Do.”

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Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny have released the music video for “X Última Vez,” their collaboration from Yankee’s final album, Legendaddy, which was released last week. The song is about finally saying goodbye to a relationship.

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Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live for their fifth stint as musical guests where they performed two tracks from their sixth studio album We.
The Canadian indie rockers delivered an equally heartfelt and anxiety-inducing performance of the lead single from it, “The Lightning I, II“

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Sharon Van Etten staged her first-ever late-night appearance Friday to perform “Mistakes,” from her new album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, on The Late Show.
Ahead of Van Etten’s Wild Hearts Tour with Angel Olsen and Julien Baker, the singer gave a preview of what they can expect this summer with a flawless, energetic rendition of the standout from Van Etten’s first new album since 2019’s Remind Me Tomorrow.

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After a few years of being unable to release music, the Argentine rapper Paulo Londra has been busy recording and sharing everything he’s worked on with fans. Last night, he showed just how much momentum he’s built by dropping not just one, but two songs: “Nublado,” which he’d announced on social media, and the surprise track “Luces.”

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