Rihanna held her fourth annual Diamond Ball Thursday night at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street, a fundraising gala that featured a performance by Childish Gambino and emcee duties from Insecure‘s Issa Rae. As is tradition, proceeds from the Diamond Ball – which also included an auction hosted by Seth Meyers …
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Paul McCartney was extremely busy in the 1980s creating solo records, film soundtracks, music videos, his own movie and even a couple of duets with Michael Jackson. The one thing he didn’t really do was tour. Wings did quite a few shows in the 1970s, but the band ended in …
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The Americana Honors & Awards ceremony is the flagship event of every AmericanaFest, which officially got under way on Tuesday in Nashville. First held in 2002, the ceremony honors both emerging talent as well as genre icons, and has, over the last 18 years, championed the careers of beloved artists …
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Jack White will release a new live EP and concert documentary, Jack White: Kneeling at the Anthem D.C., September 21st via Amazon. Kneeling at the Anthem captures White’s May 30th performance at the titular Washington D.C.venue in support of his latest album, Boarding House Reach. It will also include segments …
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Bob Dylan is one of the most reclusive music legends in history, so it was a major surprise to fans when he appeared on a 2010 episode of the History Channel’s Pawn Stars (which kicks off a new season Monday). The full story of Dylan’s supposedly-impromptu appearance remains a mystery. …
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Elvis Costello‘s new ballad “Suspect My Tears” is the latest preview off his upcoming LP Look Now. It’s the rocker’s first album with the Imposters in a decade. The singer pairs the track’s expressive lyrics – “Your lash is sweet now, I dry your cheek / You think I’m powerless …
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A man finds himself stuck in a surreal Sisyphean loop in Fleet Foxes‘ new short film for their Crack-Up opener, “I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar.” Sean Pecknold, the brother of Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, directed the video, which opens on a man …
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Queen collected previously unissued audio tracks from their 1985 Live Aid concert for the upcoming soundtrack to band biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. The 22-track album is out on CD and digital formats on October 19th via Hollywood Records. The Live Aid material, recorded during the band’s July 1985 show at Wembley …
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Kelsea Ballerini was quick to offer her appreciation for one of the past week’s biggest albums, offering a cover of Troye Sivan‘s “Seventeen” from the pop singer’s newly released Bloom. Ballerini posted video of her singing the song to Instagram on Monday, her unadorned acoustic rendition underscoring the song’s wistful …
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This Melbourne-based busker-gone-legit raises the “do it yourself” stakes with her debut, which is a top-to-bottom showcase of her varied virtuosity; she’s the lone musician credited on the album, as well as its producer and songwriter. Given Sultana’s playing-for-tips roots, it’s probably appropriate that Flow State whirls through styles — “Cigarettes” starts …
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