Ben Harper and harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite unveiled a smoldering new song, “No Mercy In This Land,” the title-track from their forthcoming album, out March 30th. The sparse and lonesome blues tune pairs Harper’s steely guitar with the raspy blare of Musselwhite’s harmonica. The pair share vocal duties as well. …
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Playboi Carti’s new “Lookin’” video features a straightforward, good time of roaming the streets, neighborhoods and record stores with a group of friends, including guest rapper and frequent collaborator, Lil Uzi Vert. The “Lookin’” video highlights A$AP Mob’s upcoming AWGE Vol. 2 DVD, which the collective’s leader A$AP Rocky announced …
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Dolly Rebecca Parton, born January 19th, 1946, in tiny Locust Ridge in the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee, turns 72 years old today. Having recently set two world records, Parton is presumably having a good birthday week. Probably a better one, at least, than the subject of the song she …
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Ahead of the Grammys’ return to New York City, Eminem, 30 Seconds to Mars, the National, Childish Gambino and Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds will all stage intimate concerts at the city’s Irving Plaza the week before the annual award show. The Live Nation-supported Citi Sound Vault concerts take place …
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Grammy-winning country band Zac Brown Band have announced dates for their eighth headlining concert tour, dubbing the summer-long run Down The Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018. The tour kicks off June 8th in Lincoln, Nebraska, and includes 27 dates before wrapping with a pair of September concerts at …
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Bruce Springsteen is offering one fan the chance to meet him and see one of his sold-out shows on Broadway as part of a charity contest to benefit the Bob Woodruff Foundation. The contest is run through Omazeand participants can enter with a minimum $10 donation. Donations guarantee fans a …
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In 2001, Memphis-based record producer Sam Phillips was enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame, hailed as “one of the most important non-performers in American music.” Among the first to recognize – and capitalize on – the full potential of blending musical genres and inventing what would become the …
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On December 14th, Black Thought – the voice of the Philadelphia-bred band the Roots, and presence on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – reminded us why he deserves consideration on your greatest rappers of all time list. While visiting Funkmaster Flex’s show on Hot 97.1 FM in New York …
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InMacklemore‘s “Corner Store” video featuring Dave B and Travis Thompson, rebellious teenagers party in a park and outrun security officers. The track appears on Macklemore‘s new solo album, Gemini. The Johnny LeFlare-directed clip opens with Dave B and Thompson, two rising Seattle MCs, strolling through a bodega and trying to …
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UPDATE: Hundreds lined up outside the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, watching for a hearse bearing the coffin of their pop idol, Kim Jong-hyun. His SHINee bandmates and members of the pop group Super Junior carried his coffin from the hospital to the waiting car, according …
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