Ibeyi, courtesy Suleika Muller. Approaching a decade as a band, sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz still have Ibeyi at the top of mind just about all the time. And because their mother is one of their managers, that means that even Christmas dinner is a planning session. Ibeyi Ojerime 7…

To fully recognize Danny Elfman‘s expansive CV would take up the rest of the word count of this review. The singer, songwriter and composer began his career in the early ’70s with Oingo Boingo and branched out into scoring films, penning television theme songs and composing for live concert…

One of the reasons it’s so important for everyone to continue wearing masks at this point in the pandemic is to mitigate the number of people from transmitting the virus to one another—as the chance the virus could mutate into something nastier becomes greater. Taking mutation into consideration, it’s great…

Not Tuesday Tracks. Clockwise from top left: Pete Buttegieg, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Mike Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden. [Gokhman note! These are Willis’ words and opinions. RIFF does not endorse or condone them, and we don’t officially endorse any of the democrat nominees for president. Maybe we…

R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe realizing he never wrote a song specifically about rolled ankles. But Julien Baker did! Ow. I am, to say the least, breakable. Occasionally my joints just kinda decide not to be joints anymore. For example last weekend while foolishly attempting some light yard work I rolled…

We’re doing another set of 10. I didn’t realize this, but the entire ’80s happened in 1981. It’s true! Because basically every song they play on Sirius XM’s 80s on 8 came out in the same year. It’s weird because I thought I was born in 1982 but, nope,…