Big Thief have always been big. Not big in numbers, like the Polyphonic Spree, or household-name big, like Maroon 5, but big in their importance to the state of 21st-century indie rock since their ...

Big Thief have announced Double Infinity, the shapeshifting alt-folk trio’s sixth studio album. To follow 2022’s Grammy-nominated Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: A new album from the band Big Thief takes on one of my favorite topics - getting older. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DOUBLE INFINITY") BIG THIEF: (Singing) The butterflies on the summer ...

The music artist Meklit Hadero has lived in the U.S. since she left Ethiopia decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF MEKLIT HADERO SONG, "LEFEQER ENEGEZA") MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were ...

It’s often said that Big Thief functions like a four-headed organism. Gathered at a picnic table in a Brooklyn park, the members of the folk-rock outfit cross limbs and finish each other’s sentences, ...

Steve Perry is on the line. The commonly held notion that he’s a dark and sombre recluse couldn’t be further from reality. Frankly, I’m staggered by his zest for life and music. He’s a veritable ball ...

What a year it’s been for great music — as opposed to, say, everything else. But we’re almost halfway into 2025, and it’s already crowded with new albums that deliver what we need in terms of ...

Shemekia Copeland has made a big name for herself in the contemporary blues scene with 12 albums, numerous Grammy nominations, thousands of performances, her own Sirius radio program “Bluesville” and ...

There’s a rare moment of pause from Devin Townsend. “Please try not to make this sensationalistic,” the progressive metal maverick asks. “What I’m trying to do with expressing this is to help people ...

Singer Monica Akihary and guitarist Niels Brouwer, the beating heart of Boi Akih, have been finding the common ground in Indonesian, Indian, African and European music traditions since the late 1990s.

Every year, I try my best to listen to a large chunk of new albums that are released throughout the year. I mostly listen to ...