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Before Cheryl James took on the stage moniker of Salt in the iconic hip-hop trio Salt-N-Pepa, she wanted to revolutionize the world of office and administrative support.

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There was Maria Somerville’s perfect album, Luster, released on 4AD in April. Another Galway artist, Dove Ellis, released his ...

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Including Britpop classics, punk rarities, a different side of Nick Drake, an over-the-top Big '80s masterpiece, '90s ambient ...

Perhaps a wise prophet named Addison Rae sums it up best: "So I put my headphones on / Listen to my favorite song." And, boy, ...

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...