Kesha showed her support for the #MeToo movement as she performed “Praying” on the Grammy stage. Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Julia Michaels, Bebe Rexha and Andra Day joined Kesha to sing her hit comeback song. Janelle Monae introduced the performance with a nod to the Time’s Up movement that launched …
Read More »Watch James Blake's Hypnotic 'If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead' Video
James Blake‘s new song “If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead” is the British singer’s first new original track in two years. Returning to the avant-garde, electronic spirit of his earlier work, Blake’s inimitable voice acts as the song’s main instrument as his vocals are chopped, distorted and manipulated as …
Read More »Candice Bergen to Reprise Role in 'Murphy Brown' Reboot
Murphy Brown is returning to CBS. Two decades after the award-winning series originally ended, the network has announced a 13-episode series order, Deadline reports. Helmed by original series creator Diane English, the reboot stars Candice Bergen, who will reprise the titular role as a broadcast journalist. The popular sitcom aired …
Read More »Oscars 2018: 5 Ways Awards Nominees Are Making History
In a year that has seen Hollywood plagued by controversy and scrutinized for both its hypocrisy and its attempts at progress, Tuesday’s Oscar nominations came as a hopeful signifier of changes to come. The nominations, which were announced live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills early Tuesday, revealed …
Read More »'Radical Story of Patty Hearst': Inside New CNN Docuseries
When Patty Hearst was violently kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment in 1974, she became a nationally known victim. Just a few weeks later, she was a criminal – or a badass revolutionary, depending on whom you asked. In the end, it seemed the granddaughter of media magnate William Randolph Hearst …
Read More »Def Leppard Explain Why They Finally Embraced Streaming
For years, Def Leppard were well situated among the ranks of Garth Brooks and Tool as holdouts on streaming services – artists with large, multiplatinum catalogues that still didn’t feel comfortable with the pros and cons of subscription-based music schemes. The hard rockers had long been at war with their …
Read More »Watch Ty Dolla $ign, YG Team in Raucous New 'Ex' Video
Ty Dolla $ign and YG unveiled a vibrant new video for “Ex,” their collaboration from theR&B star’s 2017 album, Beach House 3. “Ex” boasts a throwback Nineties beat based around a sample of 112’s “Only You” featuring the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase. The David Camarena-directed clip fittingly finds Ty Dolla …
Read More »'Greatest Love Story' Band Lanco on Debut Album, Writing 'Truck' Songs
For Lanco, the five-piece country outfit who took a jangling small-town epic called “Greatest Love Story” to Number One late in 2017, a single word in the song’s first verse solidified their go-your-own-way spirit and laid out a path for their buzzworthy debut album Hallelujah Nights. That word? It was …
Read More »See Black Eyed Peas' Robust 'Street Livin'' Performance on 'Colbert'
The Black Eyed Peas brought new single “Street Livin,’” a clear-eyed denunciation of American racism, to The Late Show on Monday. The track is sample-based hip-hop, but the Black Eyed Peas used live musicians to recreate the original loop on The Late Show. The bassist played stubby riffs, while a …
Read More »Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison': Rosanne Cash Recalls Iconic Live Album
Fifty years ago Johnny Cash strode into Folsom State Prison in Represa, California, behind a truckload of recording equipment and emerged with an eternal album. The union of Cash and his hungry, jailhouse audience communicated a startling authenticity, a singular moment that remains elusive to musicians who would try to …
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