Off, J. Cole delivers his seventh studio album and what has long been billed as his swan song before officially hanging up ...

Dirt Buyer – Dirt Buyer III (Bayonet) The Brooklyn indie rocker’s third album is his most hi-fi and lyrically dark yet.

No doubt Olivia Dean has perfected the art of writing a good love song. Named the Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys, the 26 ...

USWNT star Alyssa Thompson is sharing her tunes, releasing a Spotify playlist in collaboration with EA Sports on Tuesday.

Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by ...

Erykah Badu didn’t play “Tyrone” at her 2018 show at San Francisco’s Warfield, but she did spoil the punchline. One of the best-loved products of her ‘90s head-wrap era, the epic breakup song climaxes ...

Erykah Badu chose not to make a big deal about the 25th anniversary of Baduizm, her trailblazing debut album. But she is marking the silver jubilee of her second album with “Mama’s Gun ’25: The Return ...

It's not every that Dallas neo-soul/jazz singer Erykah Badu graces Houston with her presence and this week she's doing it twice. She's playing two nights at 713 Music Hall and, since this is called ...

"You paid your money to do that? Thank you," Badu said Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Erykah Badu called out a fan who was allegedly sitting with her arms crossed and glaring at her from the front ...

A towering figure with shoulders pointed to the sky like mountains appears onstage to an atmospheric soundtrack. When the lights come up, who else would it be other than Erykah Badu glowing under red ...

Erykah Badu recalls how discovering D’Angelo’s “Brown Sugar” and connecting with his manager at SXSW jump-started her rise in music. “I first met D’Angelo’s music… I was working at a coffee shop in ...