Music

NPR’s Felix Contreras opened minds to Latin alternative music. He’s finally getting his due

LOS ANGELES — National Public Radio journalist Felix Contreras, best known for chronicling Latino music in his podcast “Alt.Latino,” will be honored this year at the 38th annual Hispanic Heritage Awards.

BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour

NEW YORK — Their reunion? It’s smooth like butter. The K-pop septet BTS will return in spring 2026 with a new album and world tour.

How Jensen McRae became LA’s next great songwriter

LOS ANGELES — Jensen McRae is still chewing over something her therapist told her during their first session together.

Keke Palmer’s ‘Just Keke’ album channels public relationship drama into reclamation

NEW YORK — A sheer dress silhouetting a black body suit, Usher’s signature crowd interaction and a tweet from her child’s father: that concoction created a nearly two-week social media frenzy starring Keke Palmer back in 2023. Now, the multi-hyphenate creative has channeled that experience into her new album, “Just Keke.”

Music Review: Dierks Bentley’s ‘Broken Branches’ offers safe, familiar, cold beer country

Nashville hitmaker Dierks Bentley has delivered “Broken Branches,” his eleventh studio album that leans into some well-tread country rock territory, the kind that invariably involves broken hearts, trucks and a cold beer.

For Sharon Van Etten, making her latest album was both spiritual and psychological

LOS ANGELES — As she was putting together her seventh and most recent record, Sharon Van Etten came up with a tongue-in-cheek idea for its title. “Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory,” she wanted to call it — a reference to both her interest in psychology and a play on the familial dynamics that often exist within a band.

Hardcore for Husvar advocates for suicide prevention and honors a local legend

SCRANTON — Hardcore for Husvar is a benefit concert taking place at St. Mary’s Center over Memorial Day Weekend to honor the life of NEPA-native Neil Husvar as well as raise funds for Suicide Prevention.

Knorrwood to hold ‘Lord of the Rings’ inspired concert at BTE

BLOOMSBURG — Folk-rock duo Knorrwood launches their debut album with a “Lord of the Rings” and Led Zeppelin inspired concert, Over the Shire and Far Away, at the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17.

Motionless In White headlining two nights at Archer Music Hall

ALLENTOWN — 979X presents Motionless In White at Archer Music Hall with support from Another Day Dawns and Inimical Drive on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10.

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