10,000-Year-Old Crayon Found in North Yorkshire

When on a dig along England’s eastern coastline (near Scarborough, North Yorkshire), a group of archaeologists came across a crayon that’s been aged 10,000 years. This Stone Age “sharpened stick of red ochre” is likely to have been for making markings on various surfaces, though that’s not the only possibility. Measuring less than an inch, the crayon could have also been used to paint the …

Interview: Grammy Award-Winning Icon Nile Rodgers

One of the music industry's legends on his decades of success and keeping time

In 1980 Nile Rodgers received his first Grammy nomination—as a songwriter on the Sister Sledge hit “We Are Family.” A year later he received another with “Upside Down,” which he produced for Diana Ross. As awards shows go, he wouldn’t win—until 2014. That year, his collaborations with Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams (the track “Get Lucky” and album Random Access Memories) would take home three …

Eku Fantasy: We Got The Power

Olugbenga Adelekan of Metronomy and Gareth Jones (aka producer Jumping Back Slash) have never met in real life, and yet their debut single under the moniker Eku Fantasy conveys so much thought, emotion and texture that you’d think they’ve been collaborators for a lifetime, side-by-side. The song is “We Got The Power,” an almost unrecognizable cover of the Gorillaz hit that featured Savages’ Jehnny Beth. …