Lady Gaga criticized Vice President Mike Pence during the singer’s Enigma concert Saturday night in Las Vegas. Earlier in the week, Pence’s wife Karen revealed she would resume teaching at a Christian school that barred LGBTQ students and employees. Following the uproar over Karen Pence’s role at the school, the …
Read More »Like Death, Taxes and Climate Change, Post Malone Appears to Be Inevitable
This week, Post Malone returned to Number One on the Hot 100. He got there with “Sunflower,” a light, breezy collaboration with Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee. It’s not a huge surprise that this song topped the charts. “Sunflower” was recorded for theSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack, a movie that to …
Read More »Future Changed Rap for a Generation. He Doesn't Know How to Feel About It
Future lounges in a white office, in a cream coat, occasionally flashing his pearly white teeth. It’s the eighth anniversary of Dirty Sprite, the 2011 mixtape that served as the foundation for an impossibly prolific run for the rapper. The tape — and everything that came with it; the drink, …
Read More »Jungle Dance Away Broken Dreams in New 'Casio' Video
UK funk collective Jungle nurse heartbreak with a funky, late-night club sway on their song “Casio,” which appears on 2018’s For Ever. The music video, co-directed by Jungle’s J and longtime collaborator Charlie Di Placido, opens in a dimly-lit club where patrons throw back cocktails. As the beat kicks in, …
Read More »Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Return to Play Grateful Dead Songs on Spring Tour
Before Dead & Company embark on their 2019 summer tour, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros – the Grateful Dead guitarist’s outfit with bassist Don Was and Ratdog drummer Jay Lane – will hit the road for a spring jaunt. The trio launched their maiden trek in 2018 with a setlist …
Read More »See Carole King's Surprise Performance at 'Beautiful' Broadway Musical
Carole King made a surprise appearance at the fifth anniversary performance of Beautiful, the Broadway musical featuring King’s songs, to deliver a piano rendition of the show’s closing number “Beautiful.” The musical’s closing scene revolves around King’s famed 1971 Carnegie Hall concert, with actress Chilina Kennedy portraying King in the …
Read More »MØ Launches 'Forever Neverland' Tour: 'I Feel So Free!'
For the first time in her career, MØ is about to go all-out with the design of her latest tour. “I don’t want to say it’s a ‘real’ show because every show is a ‘real’ show,” the Danish pop singer explains excitedly, “but we created an actual set-up. We really …
Read More »Rush Perform Their Complete Prog Masterpiece '2112' in 1997
There’s nothing in the Rush catalog that’s been played live more than the first two parts of their 1976 masterpiece “2112.” They’ve been the highlight of nearly every Rush show since the album came out, surfacing more than 1,300 times onstage. Even on the 2012/2013 Clockworks Angels tour where there …
Read More »Inside Josh Ritter's New Album Collaboration With Jason Isbell
It’s a rainy November evening in Nashville and Josh Ritter and Jason Isbell are huddled in front of the console at Sound Emporium Studios, an historic space located in an otherwise nondescript building in the city’s Belmont neighborhood. It’s the last recording session for Ritter’s new album, which Isbell is …
Read More »Ryan Bingham Returns to the Roadhouse With New Song 'Jingle and Go'
Ryan Bingham is getting back in the saddle this winter as he prepares to release American Love Song, his first LP of new material in four years. The performer gets back to his gritty roadhouse roots on his latest song, “Jingle and Go.” The new track, which will lead off …
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