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If you’re the sort of person who wants your stereo system to suddenly sound like an arcade from the early ’90s, two new compilations have you covered. Jackpot Plays Pinball is a two-volume series that collects the music featured in popular…

Brooklyn drill rappers Sheff G (born Michael Williams) and Sleepy Hallow (born Tegan Chambers) have been indicted alongside 30 other alleged members of the 8 Trey Crips and the affiliated 9 Ways gang. Both men were charged with conspiracy…

Gordon Lightfoot, the beloved Canadian singer-songwriter, died on May 1 at age 84. At Royal Albert Hall is out July 14 via Linus Entertainment. The label calls it his final album. It features Rick Haynes on bass, Barry Keane on drums,…

Ryuichi Sakamoto died on March 28, having been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and throat cancer in 2014. When his management initially announced the news of his death, they wrote that the late artist had been engaging with music in his…

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky named their son RZA Athelston Mayers, the Daily Mail and People report. The musicians’ child was born on May 13, 2022. The couple had not revealed the child’s name until today when Rocky celebrated his son’s first…