Delivering his latest monologue from the at-home Late Show, Stephen Colbert took one of his favorite targets, President Donald Trump, to task. Earlier this week, Trump announced that states on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic may soon be ready to reopen and invigorate the damaged economy, even before his …
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A little more than a month ago, the War & Treaty’s Tanya Blount-Trotter was feeling the early symptoms of COVID-19, for which she eventually tested positive. She has since recovered from the virus and is back to making music at home with her husband and performing partner Michael Trotter Jr. …
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On February 21st, the rock band Younger Hunger released “Yung,” a new single that cataloged a litany of horrors — everything from stubbed toes to poisonous salads to vehicular manslaughter — on its way to a chorus that is stirring and alarming in equal measure: “They’re comin’ for my life!” …
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Like many musical artists, Carole King has been providing songs of comfort to her fans over social media while everyone is stuck in quarantine. She previously performed two of her classics — Tapestry track “So Far Away” and the A League of Their Own theme, “Now and Forever” — while …
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Nas, Swae Lee, and Anitta will partake in a two-day livestreaming charity concert, Music Lives, airing April 17th through the 19th and benefiting the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, Billboard reports. More than 35 artists from around the world will share performances recorded at their homes, including Trippie Redd, Matoma, 10K.Caash, …
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A medley of the Beatles classics will soundtrack the Empire State Building’s latest music-to-light show at midnight tonight, April 11th. The light show coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Beatles breakup. iHeartMedia and Empire State Realty Trust’s latest weekend light show features “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” …
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A distorted, goateed David Bowie appears in the rare video for “Repetition,” a 1997 version of the Lodger track. The song appears on his upcoming LP ChangesNowBowie, a Record Store Day 2020 release. Titled “Repetition ’97,” the video was filmed at the Earthling tour rehearsals in Hartford, Connecticut, by Tim …
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Glenn Danzig is well aware that his fans sometimes call him “Evil Elvis.” “That’s fine,” he says with a laugh. “Anytime someone mentions my name and Elvis’ name in the same sentence, that’s great. It doesn’t get better than that.” Danzig’s love for the King has been well documented over …
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When Swamp Dogg released his album Sorry You Couldn’t Make It last month, no one could have predicted that the record — which features John Prine on several songs — would be the last Prine recording to ever be released during the singer’s lifetime. The cult soul singer Swamp Dogg …
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Hayley Williams has released a solo acoustic quarantine cover of Phoebe Bridgers’ “Smoke Signals,” made in tribute to Williams’ friend/collaborator Lindsey Byrnes, whose father recently passed away. In the caption of her video, Williams wrote: “For Lindsey…woke up today a lil heavy. didn’t know why, just some days are like …
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