When John Legend finished recording his seventh studio album in February, he, like everyone, couldn’t have imagined the state of society four months later, juggling both a global pandemic and a social revolution, with the police killing of George Floyd causing civil unrest in the streets of America. On a Zoom listening session for his Bigger Love album earlier in June, Legend said that the stirring 16-track project’s lyrics “feel different now, given the circumstances,” but views part of his duty as an artist to “lift people up”…
The next musical revolution is brewing in Africa. As the industry buzzes with — and profits from — new languages and sounds from all over, the prospects for artists across the continent have…
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Conway passes through Ebro in the Morning to discuss his music, transition from the streets, working with Method Man, how quarantine helped him get some of his most recent collaborations, and more!
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