Last year, the Softies released their long-awaited reunion album. The duo of Tiger Trap's Rose Melberg and Pretty Face's Jen Sbragia started making hushed, intimate music together in 1994, and they ...

MANILA, Philippines — Singer-songwriter Jona Viray gave a glimpse of her Rizal farm where stray animals she rescued reside. In her latest YouTube upload, broadcast journalist Karen Davila visited Jona ...

Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...

The Panama Playlists appears to have leaked the Spotify accounts of some of the biggest names in crypto and AI. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has created a playlist with just the same trance tune 60 ...

T here is no better place to online-stalk someone than Spotify. Forget scouring their Instagram followers or tracking down their high school volunteer experiences on LinkedIn. Don’t waste time ...

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Think of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will likely spring to mind: the golden-sand beaches, the mountainous backdrop, the gentle yearning of bossa nova or samba’s lively percussion echoing in the distance ...

The first time you hear Mei Semones, you're likely to contort yourself into some weird shapes in an attempt to describe her music. My first pass, "Pat Metheny and Gilberto Gil start a Midwest emo band ...