Emily J. Lordi

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Emily J. Lordi

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways“I hate to say it,” the rhythm and blues singer D’Angelo ventures toward the end of Questlove’s new documentary “Sly Lives!” (streaming on Hulu), “but these White rock-and-rollers, these motherf---ers go out in style, they go out paid.

Dec 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Emily J. Lordi

Fans of De La Soul recall how the trio turned an unfettered taste in music and an irreverent sense of humor into one of the most jubilant debuts in rap history, 1989’s “3 Feet High and Rising.” In “High and Rising,” Marcus Moore—a music journalist and the author of a book about Kendrick Lamar—diligently chronicles the careers of Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer, David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, Vincent “Maseo” Mason and their producer, “Prince Paul” Huston, from their high-school days in...

Jun 7, 2024 | wsj.com | Emily J. Lordi

While the term diva was once an honorific bestowed like a garland upon celebrated opera singers, it now just as often serves as an accusation, denoting a haughty figure whose talent barely compensates for her bad behavior. But there is a countertradition, which sees black women artists in particular as righteously fabulous, politically salient models of feminist agency and social critique. American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous W. W.

May 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Emily J. Lordi |Philip Cheung

The musician and writer Ali Sethi, photographed at 64 Sound recording studio in Los Angeles on Mar. 11, 2024. Credit... Philip Cheung "I hope you fall in love, I hope it breaks your heart" is the refrain (in English translation) of " Pasoori," Ali Sethi's 2022 global hit. Is this a curse or a blessing?

Mar 8, 2024 | wsj.com | Emily J. Lordi

In 1959, during what would be the final months of her life, Billie Holiday was unwell. The singer—who had honed her art in the brothels of Baltimore, fronted orchestras led by Count Basie and Artie Shaw, and dazzled audiences as a solo chanteuse in venues from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Olympia in Paris—had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. Yet she refused to go to the hospital.