Our favorite new holiday songs come from The Philly Specials (Lane Johnson, Jordan Mailata and Jason Kelce) with guest Travis Kelce; Josh Groban, David Shaw of the Revivalists, Ben Folds, Emile Mosseri and Julianna Barwick, Lyn Lapid, Kurt Vile, Yächtley Crëw, Jonathan McReynolds, Fantastic Cat and The Boy Detective.…

Wale wastes no time whatsoever on Florian II, getting at the heart of his frustration with critics, superficiality of his peers and asserting his status within the hip-hop scene—all while packing punch after punch, track after track. In the follow-up to his 2012 mixtape of the same name (coming after…

Boyz II Men perform at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, Calif., on June 24, 2007. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. This story originally appeared in the Oakland Tribune. PLEASANTON — What if Elvis or the Beatles didn’t disappear suddenly and publicly, but rather faded away slowly and quietly? What if after…