Chart-topping country duo Dan + Shay distill the base elements from two recent hits in a pair of new acoustic releases, highlighting the vocal chemistry behind “Speechless” and “Tequila.” With Shay Mooney’s soaring voice softening for the occasion, a delicate snap track and easygoing acoustic guitar bring an extra dose …
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Brad Paisley compares breakups to rodeos in his latest song “Bucked Off,” a theme on which he doubles down in the new video for the single. According to card prior to the video, the country singer-guitarist asked his fans to submit videos of their breakups, leading to a mish-mosh of …
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Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Group is due to partly change hands this year, as its parent company, the French media company Vivendi, prepares to sell up to 50 percent of its music arm. It will not be a cheap buy: On Monday, Deutsche Bank said in a report that it …
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Afterplaying Santa Claus to his devout fans with a special Christmas song — the jovial Generación Escogida andChristian Nieves collab “Llegó la Navidad” — reggaeton superstar Ozuna kicked off 2019 with a second holiday season release, “Baila Baila Baila,” timed ceremoniously to arrive during the weekend of Three Kings’ Day. …
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21 Savage began 2019 the same way he ended 2018: Atop the Billboard 200. Facing no new competition for the top spot, the Atlanta rapper’s I Am > I Was spent a second consecutive week at Number One. The all-star I Am > I Was sold 65,000 total copies in …
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Mike Posner catalogs two years of tragic events but resolves to fight through his grief in new single “Move On.” The instrumentation is sunny: firm strums on guitar, a disco bass line, a resolute four-on-the-floor beat. But the “Move On” video contains footage of Posner’s father, who died after battling …
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President Trump’s life isn’t going to get any easier when Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes the House speaker’s gavel Thursday afternoon. The veteran lawmaker has made clear that she’s going to do all she can to hold Trump accountable for his corruption and check his reckless abuses of power. On …
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Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross released a new 13-minute track, “Outside,” which appears on the soundtrack to the Netflix horror-drama Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock. An eerie piano theme runs throughout the ambient piece, laying a foundation for moaning brass, ambient synth whooshes and distorted noise. Reznor …
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Drifting through the sensory overload of Park MGM’s casino, Lady Gaga is everywhere. Flashing video screens welcome her to Las Vegas for the beginning of her two-year residency at the Park Theater; a cocktail bar blasts “Hair Body Face,” a deep cut from the soundtrack for her Oscar buzz film …
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It could have been a standard by-the-numbers origin-story biopic — instead, Stan & Ollie looks at the legendary screen duo of Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) as their career winds down. The emphasis here is on the way the funny bits in their lives come …
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