UPDATE 6/24/2020: Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast ofHamilton have been added to the lineup for Global Citizen’s virtual concert. The Broadway cast will perform remotely with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. ~~~ Global Citizen and the European Commission are airing a special titledGlobal Goal: Unite for Our Future — The …
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My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, Emily King and more appear on Silence Is Not an Option, an ATO Records compilation out now. The tracklist includes My Morning Jacket’s “I’m Amazed,” Drive-By Truckers’ “What It Means,” “Goat Head” by Brittany Howard, Black Pumas‘ “Colors” and more. You can hear Emily King’s …
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John Ellison — frontman for the Soul Brothers Six and writer of their biggest hit “Some Kind of Wonderful” — has shared a fiery new song, “Wake-Up Call (Black Like Me),” inspired by the recent protests in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Ellison delivered …
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Legendary rock critic Lester Bangs and his protégé Cameron Crowe appear in the new trailer for Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, in select theaters on August 7th. Directed by Scott Crawford, the trailer features vintage videos and various Creem covers throughout the Seventies and Eighties.Several musicians appear in …
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Jon Pardi depicts a conflict of domesticity and restlessness in the new video for “Ain’t Always the Cowboy,” which was released on Tuesday. The song is the second single from the California native’s 2019 album Heartache Medication. Penned by Brandon Kinney and Josh Thompson, “Ain’t Always the Cowboy” gives more …
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John Oliver took toLast Week TonightSunday to explain the dangers of facial recognition and its role in the anti-police brutality protests that have swept the nation. “This technology raises troubling philosophical questions about personal freedom,” the host said at the beginning of the clip. “And right now, there are some …
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Chloe and Halle Bailey were barely teenagers when their YouTube cover of Beyonce’s “Pretty Hurts” became a viral hit, winning the attention of the pop superstar herself, who signed them to her Parkwood label, featured them on the Lemonade visual album, and took them on her Formation tour as her …
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Bob Dylan has unveiled the track list for his upcoming album, Rough and Rowdy Ways. Arriving on June 19th, the LP is his first album of original songs since 2012’s Tempest, which he followed with three collections of standards: Shadows in the Night, Fallen Angels and Triplicate. The track list, which was unveiled in …
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This post contains spoilers for the second season of What We Do in the Shadows, including tonight’s finale. To understand the brilliance of What We Do in the Shadows Season Two, we have to start with Jackie Daytona’s toothpick. Of course, to understand the brilliance of Jackie Daytona’s toothpick, we …
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The New York State Senate Tuesday voted to repeal a 44-year-old provision that had previously shielded police officers’ disciplinary records from being released to the public, an early sign that the nationwide police brutality protests are advancing actionable change. In 1976, legislators passed the provision, known as 50-A of New …
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