Tag Archives: Jon Batiste
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Batiste redraws genre borders on ‘World Music Radio’
Jon Batiste, “World Music Radio.” “World music” is such a fraught term. It’s often treated like an “everything else” genre, while there may be as many different sounds and styles that fall into it as stars in the sky. The global nature the name implies is also a misnomer,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Lana Del Rey finds solace and even happiness ‘Under Ocean Blvd’
Lana Del Rey, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.” Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, is an exercise in opposites. It’s intimate but expansive, exploratory but familiar, lush but spacious. Did You Know That There’s a…
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Our favorite concerts of 2021, starring Jon Batiste and Beck
Clockwise from top left: Jon Batiste, Beck, Run The Jewels, Tinashe, The Eagles, The Black Angels, Jayhawks, Lucy Dacus, Eyelids and Fred Armisen. Staff and courtesy composite. Concerts began returning in 2021 as artists cautiously hit the road, still balancing their safety and health with their livelihoods. Some of…
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The 108 best albums of 2021: 82-71
The best albums of 2021 include Jackson Browne, J Balvin, Cheekface, Jame Blake, Tori Amos, Billy Gibbons, IDLES, Paul Weller, Jon Batiste, Rostam, The Killers and Between the Buried and Me. Welcome back to RIFF’s top album countdown! If you’re here just to complain about the order or lack…
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BottleRock Day 3: Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, 13 others we loved on Sunday
Foo Fighters perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on Sept. 5, 2021. Photos: Adam Pardee/STAFF with the exception of Foo Fighters (courtesy BottleRock Napa Valley). NAPA — With Sunday came the final day of BottleRock Napa Valley’s grand reopening. Despite the long layoff, everything seemed…
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9 BottleRock acts you shouldn’t miss this weekend
Jon Batiste, courtesy. We’ve all been out of practice with navigating a massive music festival. Though you may have been lucky enough to enjoy live music at various points through the last tumultuous 18 months, a three-day festival in wine country is new again to all of us. To…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 40-31
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Bob Dylan, Aesop Rock, Allan Rayman, The Cribs, Beabadoobee, Taemin, Bring Me The Horizon, Greg Puciato, Steve Earle and a collaboration album by Cory Wong and Jon Batiste. Welcome to Part 4 of our super-sized Top 75 albums of…
