Solange
Solange To Curate Brooklyn Academy Of Music 2023 Spring Music Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Fresh off the heels of her historic collaboration with the New York City ballet, Solange is set to curate the lineup for this year’s Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Spring Music Series. Per Billboard, Solange will curate a lineup of concerts, films, performance art, dance and other theater pieces for the stages of BAM’s multi-theater campus “honoring the intergenerational and genre-spanning impact” of innovative musicians and artists through her multidisciplinary creative collective—Saint Heron. “We’re excited to work with Solange and her Saint Heron collective for this incredible music series of genre-crossing artists presented in unprecedented ways,” said David Binder, BAM’s artistic director, in a statement. “Her ex...
Solange Trends On Twitter Over News She’ll Allegedly Be A Grandmother Soon
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Jason Mendez / Getty Solange Knowles maintains a far lower profile than her older sister Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, but that doesn’t mean that any news on the singer and songwriter doesn’t get a lot of traction. Solange found herself trending on Twitter over the tail end of the weekend after news that her 17-year-old son and girlfriend are expecting. Most may already know that in 2004, Solange gave birth to her son Daniel Julez J. Smith Jr. when she was a teenager herself during her first marriage to Daniel Smith Sr. The younger Smith is allegedly expecting a child with his girlfriend although we couldn’t find any news pointing to the facts. On Twitter, Solange is somehow catching stray shots over her son’s actions both current and in the past, includi...
Hear Big Joanie Cover Solange’s ‘Cranes in the Sky’ for Third Man
Big Joanie offer a fuzzy post-punk facelift to Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky” for a new single, out Aug. 14 via Third Man Records. The British trio added distorted guitars and booming drums to their cover. Solange issued the original track as the lead single from her third LP, 2016’s A Seat at the Table. The vinyl edition, available to pre-order now, is backed with the original “It’s You,” which Third Man described in a statement as “a shadowy post-punk burner… crisp, surprising, no BS.” The label also enthused about their first project with the band, noting, “Black feminism is at the heart of Big Joanie’s music and actions, and with this new seven-inch single, Third Man Records is proud to support Big Joanie in spreadi...
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
Celebrate Solange’s Birthday with 5 of the Best Remixes of Her Music
Solange is a national treasure. Her inimitable approach to R&B and soul has led her to become one of the most formidable artists in contemporary music, and her work has inspired an innumerable amount of electronic tracks that continue to shape the genre. Essentially, dance music wouldn’t be quite what it is today without her influence. To celebrate Solange’s birthday today, we dug up five of the best electronic remixes of her tracks. Solange – “Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix)” Cyril Hahn‘s intoxicating deep house rework of Solange’s “Losing You” remains one of the most popular remixes in the renowned Swiss producer’s catalog despite its release over 7 years ago. Solange – “Cranes In the Sky (Kaytranada DJ Edit)&...
