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Little Richard died on Saturday, May 9, 2020 in Tullahoma, Tenn. at the age of 87. This essay was originally published as part of the book Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music, written by NPR Music's critic and correspondent Ann Powers and published by Dey Street Books in 2017. Elvis's two greatest contemporaries were Little Richard and Buddy Holly, each standing at either end of […]

Drake, better known as Aubrey Drake Graham (or as “Wheelchair Jimmy” to Degrassi fans) is one of the biggest rappers in the world, thanks to his top-charting smash hits. After the release of his fifth mixtape ‘Dark Lane Demo Tapes’, the fourth richest rapper in the world, according to Forbes, previewed some new tunes in an Instagram Live session. Among the previewed tracks was a snippet of Drake singing: Come with me, […]

Miley Cyrus performed an acoustic cover of the Pink Floyd classic “Wish You Were Here” as musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live at Home. Sitting next to a fire pit that lent the performance a red glow, Cyrus and her socially distanced guitarist Andrew Watt (who previously revealed he tested positive to COVID-19) delivered a faithful rendition of the 1975 single, with Cyrus harmonizing along with the riff at the song’s end. This […]

One thing Gen-X kids used to do — other people, too, of course, but I’m talking about something specific — was hang around with friends and listen to records. You might have been skipping school, you might have been smoking weed, but it could just as well have been a Sunday afternoon with a two-liter bottle of soda. Maybe someone had a guitar or a drum kit you could mess […]