https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:57:21 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/featured/paul-simon-graceland-apartheid-un-cultural-boycott-january-1987-interview/ https://www.spin.com/featured/paul-simon-graceland-apartheid-un-cultural-boycott-january-1987-interview/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2019 16:16:33 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?post_type=featured&p=335221 This article originally appeared in the January 1987 issue of SPIN. There is this guy, call him Goatman, because that's what he sounds like. Here is what he sounds like on a tune called "Emthojeni Womculo": ow wow ooowwwww. He is Howlin' Wolf as pedagogue, a patient, preachily voice moaning out a Zulu… ]]> https://www.spin.com/featured/paul-simon-graceland-apartheid-un-cultural-boycott-january-1987-interview/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/09/watch-justin-timberlake-cover-a-change-is-gonna-come-at-pilgrimage-festival/ https://www.spin.com/2017/09/watch-justin-timberlake-cover-a-change-is-gonna-come-at-pilgrimage-festival/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:49:52 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=259414 Justin Timberlake was the headlining act for this year's Pilgrimage Festival, which takes place in his home state of Tennessee. The sometime-philanthropist's performance included a cover of "A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke's immortal 1964 civil rights hymn, and an appearance from Tennessee-bred country singer Chris Stapleton for a mini-set. Stapleton and Timberlake performed "Tennessee Whiskey,"]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/09/watch-justin-timberlake-cover-a-change-is-gonna-come-at-pilgrimage-festival/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/07/jay-z-songs-for-survival-playlist-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2016/07/jay-z-songs-for-survival-playlist-stream/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:33:11 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=201719 "Spiritual," an original protest song addressing police violence against African-Americans, Jay Z has returned to TIDAL with a curated playlist of activist music titled "Songs for Survival." The intergenerational collection includes icons like Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield, and Gil Scott-Heron, as well as newer cuts from Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and OutKast. "Freedom," Beyoncé's Lemonade collaboration… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/07/jay-z-songs-for-survival-playlist-stream/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-dream-sam-cooke-iamsam-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-dream-sam-cooke-iamsam-stream/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2015 01:38:17 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=175946 The-Dream has channeled his inner old-fashioned romantic more than usual for a series of Sam Cooke covers (it's a little more family gathering-friendly than, say, "Pussy") he uploaded today to his SoundCloud. Titled IAMSAM, the eight-track collection was recorded in 2010 during the… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-dream-sam-cooke-iamsam-stream/feed/ 0