For Rostam, though, it was always about making music that he was proud of, art that he considered next level. While Vampire Weekend never kept him from creating his solo work — songs that appear ...

When Rostam Batmanglij left Vampire Weekend at the beginning of 2016, there was no doubt of his bona fides as a producer and a songwriter. Not only was he a pillar of the VW aesthetic, but his talents ...

When Rostam Batmanglij left Vampire Weekend last year, it certainly wasn’t with the intention of leaving the music world. Since his departure, the multi-instrumentalist and producer has arguably been ...

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they are today. This time around we're joined by singer ...

“In the last five years, something that has been on my mind is the concept of less is more, in the unit of the song and the unit of an album,” Rostam Batmanglij told W Magazine shortly after he ...

But that doesn’t mean he just wanted to make “Call Me Maybe Part Two.” Batmanglij’s list of musical heroes includes Brian Eno and Pharrell—producers who have managed to reshape pop multiple times ...

Former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij — who records under the name Rostam — has dropped a new single “Unfold You,” accompanied by a video featuring Hari Nef. Directed by Rostam, the video ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. "In A River" starts off with the dulcet sounds of mandolin reminiscent of a ...

When Rostam Batmanglij was a kid growing up in Washington, D.C. — “must have been 13 or 14,” he figures — he used to ride around in his older brother’s car listening to a collection of Bruce ...

Rostam was so "deeply moved" by former National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman's inauguration day poem "The Hill We Climb," that he set it to music. By Gil Kaufman Rostam Batmanglij was so “deeply ...

The last time we heard from Emily Yacina, she was looking backward, putting out a compilation album of stray tracks that she’s recorded over the years. But today, Yacina — who has gone from Philly to ...

Rostam Batmanglij has been performing for large crowds for the better part of a decade. But watching audience members cry to one of his songs? “At first I couldn’t really believe it,” the producer, ...