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Best Albums of 2022 Chosen by PEOPLE Magazine
Beyoncé, Renaissance
Beyoncé celebrated dance music’s queer Black roots on this club-ready masterpiece.
Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
Latin pop king Bad Bunny got political, paying tribute to his Puerto Rican heritage.
Taylor Swift, Midnights
On her record-breaking smash, Taylor Swift tackled insecurities, love and revenge.
Kendrick Lamar, Mr.

Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson is reuniting land, people and song
To Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson, land acknowledgments — the practice of paying tribute, in the Americas or Oceania, to the original dwellers of the place one is in — have never felt quite enough. “I believe in land acknowledgments,” he says, “but I’m also interested in the history of

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Austin, Texas – Texas native Kacey Musgraves made a slight alteration to her song “High Horse” while performing at Austin City Limits music festival, or ACL, on Sunday, Oct. 9., with a barb aimed at U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas.
Musgraves reportedly sang, “Cause everyone knows someone who kills

Angeline Morrison: ‘I can count on one hand the times I’ve been in a folk club with other people of colour’ | Folk music
In late August, the town of Wadebridge in north Cornwall is teeming with Morris dancers, and pub gardens are alive with song. The occasion is the Cornwall folk festival, and in the late summer haze, everyone gets very merry.
Nevertheless, “merry” isn’t the right word for Angeline Morrison’s performance
Several archives now seek to preserve folk music that connects people to their past
A growing body of folk music archives is foregrounding the voices of marginalised groups, from migrant workers and women labourers to homemakers and elephant-tamers
It’s the depth of winter and the river has receded. Buffalo herds walk the sandy shoals, their bells tinkling in time with their restlessness as they