Masters Of Music
Danielle Bradbery’s new song “Stop Draggin’ Your Boots” is a modern twist on an ages-old frustration. The singer is a woman tired of being played, and she wants her man to go all-in or get out.
A gritty shuffle drives the mood of this new song, described as a continuation
With a new single, “Skate,” it becomes ever clearer that Silk Sonic — the collaboration of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — is a project in vintage reverse engineering, finding and recreating the sounds and structures of the era when 1970s soul melted into disco. “Skate” — invoking bygone roller
Editor’s note: this story is part of City Journal’s Summer 2021 print issue and is being published online in two installments. Part 2 will appear next Sunday, August 8.
Classical music is under racial attack. Orchestras and opera companies are said to discriminate against black musicians and composers.
As much as some of us may deride the MacBook Pro for its awful keyboard, annoying Touch Bar and overreliance on Thunderbolt/USB-C connections, its balance of screen quality, weight, battery life and performance had no Windows-based peer for a long time. But now that OLED displays have hit the