Hello! Here’s your daily roundup of interesting things going on in music.
- Black Panther is taking over the world. Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack has been at no. 1 for two weeks by this point, and last night BBC Radio aired an interview in which the rapper said he’d like to have a cameo in the next movie about the Wakandan Marvel hero.
- This rideshare driver shared how he chooses what music to play based on the person who gets in the car.
So I just started driving for uber and Lyft and I’ve been getting a lot more compliments on my music since generalizing my passengers by 1 of these 11 playlists pic.twitter.com/WhX1O5wZ4b
— quaranTeejus (@TEEJUS___) February 25, 2018
- Bandcamp Daily ran a great interview with Haley Heynderickx, whose debut album, I Need To Start A Garden, will be released on Friday via Mama Bird Recordings. Check out the article and listen to the first single, “Oom Sha La La” here:
- This upcoming book about 1968 in music has been getting great advance reviews. Ryan H. Walsh has written for the Boston Globe and Vice, plays in a band called Hallelujah the Hills, and his new book, Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 will be in stores on March 6. The official description namechecks Springsteen, Scorcese, MLK Jr, Howard Zinn, and of course, Van Morrison. It looks awesome.