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 »Best True Crime Podcast: 'Crime Junkie'
This isn’t the first episodic true-crime podcast of its kind, but it’s earned five stars from almost10,000 listenersfor a reason. Every Monday, Indianapolis-based hosts Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine a new case, often one that’s unsolved or underreported. The women’s rapport — they’ve been close friends since childhood — …
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 …
Read More »Royal Trux Detail First LP Since 2000, 'White Stuff'
Royal Trux announced their first album in 19 years, White Stuff, out March 1st via Fat Possum. The alt-rock duo previewed the LP with its ragged title-track, a barrage of garage-rock distortion, stomping drums, woozy slide-guitar and echoing tandem vocals. Throughout the swaggering cut, Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty celebrate …
Read More »Golden Globes 2018: Where and How to Watch This Year's Ceremony
On Sunday night,January 6th, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Andy Samberg and Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh will host76th Golden Globes Awards. The telecast will broadcast live from Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton on NBC at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, airing live on both coasts. For television-less viewers that have a cable login, the …
Read More »Will Ads or Music Fans Pay for Streaming in 2019?
When Spotify went public last year, its biggest hurdle was convincing investors that its free tier — supported by advertisements, delivering music to millions at no cost and draining heaps of money from the Swedish music-streaming service — was crucial to its business. Free users, Spotify said to both Wall …
Read More »In 2019, Let's Finally Retire 'Electability'
Bad news for anyone who had hopes of enjoying a few rancor-free months of 2019 before the presidential-election insanity begins. Not only is the race fully on, we’re already in our third or fourth toxic electoral narrative — the most recent involving that most infamous campaign cliché, “electability.” The target …
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