This Friday, November 21, Aya Nakamura unveils her new album, Destinée. Two years after DNK, the singer returns with her eagerly awaited 5th album. Comprising 18 tracks, Destinée is filled with ...

On November 6, Aya Nakamura gathered about a dozen journalists to listen to her new album, Destinée, which was officially released on the evening of Thursday, November 20, on streaming platforms. The ...

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by Koury Angelo (CHVRCHES), Shervin Lainez (Japanese Breakfast), Wendy Lynch Redfern (Magdalena Bay), James Loveday (Arlo Parks) For many in America and around ...

Aya Batrawy is an NPR International Correspondent. She leads NPR's Gulf bureau in Dubai. She joined NPR in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years. She ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

And 2025 was the year it went mainstream. It now feels like no one is safe. Previously we assumed that Hollywood will always ...

When Shane Sato sat down to photograph Yoshio Nakamura, the World War II veteran, renowned artist and beloved educator was 92. “I really liked his face, he seemed kind, with a lot of emotion and depth ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

World War II hero Yoshio Nakamura Credit: Photos courtesy Go For Broke National Monument Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura has died at age 100. The longtime art teacher, school administrator, activist and World ...