This week's Notable Releases include Shabaka, Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson), Denzel Curry's new group The Scythe, Bosse-de-Nage, and more.

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A record which drives raw storytelling with rhythm and uplifting soundscapes. Joshua Idehen is our March Album of the Month.

In 1994—when a young Jeff Bezos started Amazon, and Yahoo! went live, and Netscape launched the first commercial browser for the World Wide Web—a friend of Ryan Schreiber’s introduced him to the In…

Country music has always loved a good rebel—right up until that rebel challenges the wrong thing. In 2003, at the height of their fame, the Dixie Chicks did exactly that. One offhand comment overseas turned them from chart-topping darlings into public enemies on country radio. But what looked like career sabotage at the time would eventually become one of the most pivotal standoffs in modern music history.

In 2012, in place of her debut album, Sky Ferreira released 'Ghost', a five-song EP featuring the single ‘Everything Is Embarrassing'.

The new deal might seem like a ‘win’ for artists at face value. But how it actually benefits them remains unclear.

From Poco to Eno, Caravan to Creedence, 15 extraordinary 1970s albums that, undeservedly, have slipped through the net

The grass isn't always greener -- and these rockers learned that the hard way.

Bruce Johnston, aged 83, is leaving The Beach Boys, making Mike Love the sole member that remains from the original '60s lineups.

Any record should be a labour of love, but some albums are enough to make people want to hang things up for good.

Blue Note’s specialty audiophile branch Tone Poet vinyl series is set to reissue McCoy Tyner’s classic jazz album 'Asante.'

The best songs of the week include new tracks from Honey Dijon, Ty Dolla $ign and Leon Thomas, Girl Scout, and A Place to Bury Strangers.

Thank you for joining us for Beat The Delete #0265, bringing you 50+ tracks of music that has neatly sidestepped the generally punitive index finger of our Editor and its seeming permanent tendency…