Mariah Carey: Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse

A bounty of album drops in the music we tweeted this week

An album from legendary songstress Mariah Carey, with her golden voice and uncontested upper-octave range, is always welcome. But as devout Mimi fans know, the latter years of her career have often been filled with a little too much glitter. The diva supreme is back though with Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse, which features a slew of songs that are downright catchy. “#Beautiful” …

Ben Frost: Aurora

A bounty of album drops in the music we tweeted this week

Australian-born, Reykjavík-based film composer and producer Ben Frost has released a highly anticipated fifth solo album called A U R O R A, which delivers an intense 40 minutes of experimental electronic sounds that reflect both his musical talents and time spent being mentored by Brian Eno. But most of all the album channels Frost’s time in the DR Congo with photographer Richard Mosse, for …

Alsarah & The Nubatones: Habibi Taal

Unique and rare sounds from the Middle East in a look at the creative publication's current music issue

This week, we check in with Dubai-based Brownbook magazine in celebration of the mix of “legends and underground heroes” included in their current music issue. In addition to a pull-out songbook featuring sheet music from classic Egyptian songstress Umm Kulthum, the informative issue features the father of Ethiopian jazz, Mulatu Astatke, as well as the co-founder of Seattle’s cult music label Sublime Frequencies, and visits …