{"id":2398598,"date":"2026-05-02T01:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2398598"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:31:22","slug":"new-music-friday-may-1-kacey-musgraves-isaiah-rashad-the-black-keys-tori-amos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-may-1-kacey-musgraves-isaiah-rashad-the-black-keys-tori-amos\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday (May 1): Kacey Musgraves, Isaiah Rashad, The Black Keys, Tori Amos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The industry\u2019s pulse has shifted from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/story\/new-music-friday-apr-24-kehlani-noah-kahan-latto-glorilla-and-more-002959432.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kehlani;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">Kehlani<\/a>\u2019s birthday takeover that defined late April into a May rollout grounded in soulful returns and gritty rock revivals. This week is characterized by a \u201cveteran\u2019s touch,\u201d featuring artists who are using their institutional weight to push into more experimental and cinematic territory.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Main Event: Isaiah Rashad &amp; The Black Keys<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After nearly five years away, Isaiah Rashad has delivered <em>It\u2019s Been Awful<\/em>. Released via TDE, the project marks a significant pivot beyond traditional hip-hop into a \u201ccosmic jazz\u201d landscape. The album features the lead single \u201cSAME SH!T\u201d and explores a more textured, experimental sound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sharing the marquee is The Black Keys, whose 14th studio album, <em>Peaches!<\/em>, arrives today. Billed as their \u201cmost natural\u201d work since their 2002 debut, the project is a covers album released via Easy Eye Sound and Warner Records.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The R&amp;B &amp; Hip-Hop Vanguard<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Lil Tjay: <\/strong>Released his fourth studio album, <em>They Just Ain\u2019t You<\/em>, via TrenchKid Records today. The project arrives the day after he turned 25 \u2014 born April 30 \u2014 and features his April single \u201cFirst Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/story\/from-kendrick-lamar-to-fka-twigs-to-durand-bernarr-the-black-artist-wins-that-made-the-2026-grammys-historic-045846787.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Durand Bernarr;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\"><strong>Durand Bernarr<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Fresh off his first Grammy win \u2014 Best Progressive R&amp;B Album for <em>BLOOM<\/em> \u2014 Bernarr has released his fourth studio album, <em>BERNARR.<\/em> Self-titled as a tribute to his father, the album showcases the \u201cBlack Queer Joy\u201d that defined his viral acceptance speech and cements his position as one of the most technical vocalists in the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Cinematic Pop &amp; Global Anchors<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/story\/new-music-friday-mar-13-jack-harlow-momo-boyd-kacey-musgraves-bossman-dlow-james-blake-nettspend-035731653.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kacey Musgraves;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">Kacey Musgraves<\/a> provides the week\u2019s country anchor with her seventh studio album, <em>Middle of Nowhere<\/em>. Released through Lost Highway Records, the record features high-profile collaborations with Willie Nelson (\u201cUncertain, TX\u201d), Miranda Lambert (\u201cHorses and Divorces\u201d), Billy Strings (\u201cEverybody Wants to Be a Cowboy\u201d), and Gregory Alan Isakov (\u201cCoyote\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Tori Amos returns with her 18th studio album, <em>In Times of Dragons<\/em>, a politically charged and defiant project released through Fontana Records.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Short-List<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Isaiah Rashad \u2013 <\/strong><em>It\u2019s Been Awful<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Lil Tjay \u2013 <\/strong><em>They Just Ain\u2019t You<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Durand Bernarr \u2013 <\/strong><em>BERNARR.<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Black Keys \u2013 <\/strong><em>Peaches!<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Kacey Musgraves \u2013 <\/strong><em>Middle of Nowhere<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Tori Amos \u2013 <\/strong><em>In Times of Dragons<\/em> (LP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source creators.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The industry\u2019s pulse has shifted from Kehlani\u2019s birthday takeover that defined late April into a May rollout grounded in soulful returns and gritty rock revivals. This week is characterized by a \u201cveteran\u2019s touch,\u201d featuring artists who are using their institutional weight to push into more experimental and cinematic territory. 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