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How to Make a Live Album

With a new document of his onstage world out now, neo soul vocalist Bilal considers what goes into making an LP in front of an audience.

New & Recent

(G)I-DLE’s Infinite Horizons

From showstopping performances to a diverse range of musical concepts, (G)I-DLE truly embodies their single “Super Lady.”

Lisa Lisa’s Forever Dance

On the occasion of her first single in 15 years, a salsa version of “All Cried Out,” the Queen of Freestyle chats “I Wonder If I Take You Home,” growing up in New York City and wanting to work with younger artists like Cardi B.

Deryck Whibley Unplugs

After three decades fronting Sum 41, the singer, guitarist and songwriter hears the final notes.

‘Regional Mexican’ Goes International

Under hip-hop’s swaggy influence, Peso Pluma and other young Mexican artists are becoming certified pop stars.

Rock, Blues & Beyond

Diabolic Shapes: Mayhem’s ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ Turns 30

The Norwegian black metal band could make Black Sabbath sound like the Beach Boys. But the story behind their debut album is even more unbelievable.

For Gastr del Sol, the Sense of Wonder Remains

With a new set of non-album cuts and unreleased live tracks — and more than 25 years of distance — David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke reflect on the influential avant-rock opuses they made in their youth.

Build Yourself Another Dream: R.E.M.’s ‘Reckoning’ at 40

The band’s sophomore album was a brilliant statement — remarkably mature but filled with the loose energy of restless youth.

NEW PLAYLIST

André’s Trip

Explore the roots of André 3000’s kaleidoscopic ‘New Blue Sun.’

André 3000’s ‘New Blue Sun’ is an unprecedented statement in pop music — an improv album sculpted not for radio, but for late-night hangs where deep questions (and, quite possibly, mind-altering substances) are passed around. In jazz, however, this is a classic move — Les McCann, Alice Coltrane, Miles and many others went there in the late ’60s and ’70s, carving out woozy spaces to get lost in. Inspired by ‘New Blue Sun,’ revisit these 15 tracks from the aforementioned artists plus Sun Ra, Hermeto Pascoal, Bobbi Humphrey and more. 

50 Years of Hip-Hop

‘Enter the Wu-Tang’ and Tribe’s ‘Midnight Marauders’ @ 30

On Nov. 9, 1993, two of hip-hop’s greatest groups released LPs that transformed the culture. In this reflective essay, the critic Marcus J. Moore writes about how this seismic shift impacted his 12-year-old self.

Beat Machines: Essential Hip-Hop Production Gear

Ten crucial instruments that have defined the sound of rap.

Cholo Style

How khakis, flannels and bandanas became the lasting look of West Coast hip-hop.

Jazz We’ve Got

Sonny Rollins’ “Template Artists”

The jazz saxophone legend, now 93, has curated a TIDAL playlist of musicians who paved the way for his own work.

“Three Minutes to Blast Off”: André 3000 at the Blue Note

On Friday at New York’s Blue Note, 3 Stacks performed his fourth-ever jazz concert, showcasing his debut solo album, ‘New Blue Sun,’ and hinting at the future.

John Lurie’s Strange and Beautiful Flame Still Burns

A year after the end of his HBO series ‘Painting with John,’ the iconic musician, painter and actor discusses the new soundtrack album to the show and his intent to bring feel-good art into the world.

10 Essential Collabs

Celebrate TIDAL Collabs with these must-hear matchups spanning genres and generations.

Hip-Hop, R&B & Dancehall Heroes

Archival Drives, Vol. 1

Previously unreleased music from James Brown and Alice Coltrane, and a new-to-streaming track from Nina Simone.

Gang Starr’s ‘Hard to Earn’ Turns 30

A TIDAL staffer revisits the ’94 classic that made him a hip-hop head.

The World of Beyoncé’s ‘COWBOY CARTER’

Exploring the sounds and artists that led to Queen Bey’s latest groundbreaker.

Michael Hedges: The Man With the Guitar From the Clouds

Forty years ago, he “blew the doors open” for the acoustic guitar with his second LP, ‘Aerial Boundaries.’ Here, that landmark album’s producers go inside the sessions.

TIDAL RISING

TIDAL RISING: Alex Vaughn

Balancing her remarkable gifts with an everywoman soulfulness, the singer and songwriter is an R&B diva for our unfiltered age.

Curator’s Pick: Eartheater’s ‘Powders’

Our dance and electronic selector digs into the RISING artist’s new LP — from its hazy, simmering, beat-driven songcraft to its avant-folk cover of “Chop Suey!”

Curator’s Pick: Nino Augustine’s “EN LA MIA”

The TIDAL RISING artist brings salsa back to its roots with his new single.

Conversations

Embracing Authenticity with thuy

Through empathy, introspection and gratitude, thuy shines on stage — and off.

Kelly Moran’s Field Recordings

On her new album, ‘Moves in the Field,’ the pianist takes inspiration from figure skating and a second keys player — herself.

How to Find Your Musical Voice

Guitarist Charlie Hunter talks sonic risk-taking, eight-hour deep dives and paying attention to an artist’s “rhythm universe.”

Four Tet: Across the Universe

Over the past quarter-century, Kieran Hebden has explored an impossibly vast range of sounds and collaborations.

In Memoriam

Shane MacGowan: Jesse Malin Pays Tribute

“I was so scared of him all those years because he seemed so hard and tough and stood up there like he could take anything,” the singer-songwriter says of the late Pogues frontman. “But he was human.”

Jimmy Buffett: Beyond Paradise

Before the restaurants and resorts, the late singer-songwriter was a genius tunesmith who found genuine human pathos in sunny, funny circumstances. Here are 10 of his greatest works. 

Dickey Betts: Nobody Knows

A reflection on the life and musical legacy of the Allman Brothers Band guitarist and vocalist, after 30 years of interviewing and writing about him.

Celebrating Icons

Ageless: Stevie Nicks @ 75

For five decades, the vocalist has traversed rock music — and pop culture at large — like a bell through the night.

Dance Mania: Tito Puente @ 100

Drummer Bobby Sanabria looks back on the Latin-jazz giant who never tired of playing for dancers and always aimed to give the audience something extraordinary.

Harry Styles Turns 30

Three decades, half a life on stage and a message of positivity that’s proved unstoppable.

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