In their hometown of Waipu, New Zealand, guitarist-vocalist Lewis de Jong and his drumming brother Henry found it ordinary to speak both English and their native tongue, Maori. When the siblings (with ...

Hug your loved ones. Clear that bucket list. Shoot that shot. As if we needed any more signs that imminent doom is on the horizon, Jay Electronica, music’s foremost harbinger of societal collapse, has ...

Zimbabwe’s coup came with a soundtrack: the music of Jah Prayzah, a singer who often performs in military-style uniform. His catchy songs blared at rallies and meetings after soldiers “intervened” to ...

To international audiences, Marlon Williams’ songs are the highway stop after Roy Orbison’s Texas and Chris Isaak’s California. But the Maori musician, one of Aotearoa’s most successful musical ...