Music Interview: B00ty

Hold on. Before you stop and Google B00ty, let it be known it’s B00ty with two zeros for a reason… As ½ of the duo states, “If you’ve never just Googled the word booty before… there’s a lot of stuff…

Album Review: Jeezy – “Pressure”

Jeezy has always been someone that when people hear his voice, you know it’s him.  His gravelly cadence can be recognized by anyone who follows the genre of hip hop.  The problem is his content and production have always sounded…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2017

For the second year in a row, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. For the 2017 installment we have expanded the list to include all 16 active music…

Album Review: U2 – “Songs of Experience”

If there’s one thing that U2 always had in their corner, it’s sincerity. The Irish quartet have always worn their hearts on their sleeves with almost every project they put out in their nearly 40-year career. They had earnestness is…

This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

Eight Artists We’d Like to See on “MTV Unplugged”

Last week, MTV announced that they would be reviving their venerable music show MTV Unplugged this fall. Shawn Mendes and Bleachers have been announced as the first two performers for the new season. Since it started airing in 1988, the show has…

Panorama Music Festival brings big names to NYC

In just its second year of existence, the Panorama Music Festival did much to excite its fans and concert goers. Be it the countless musical artists and acts they lined up for the three-day event in New York City, or…