Jackson Browne‘s 1976 was a tumultuous one. In February, his emotive ballad “Late for the Sky” was featured in Taxi Driver, during a scene in which Robert De Niro watches American Bandstand shortly after shooting a man in a bodega. In March, while Browne was in the studio cutting The …
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Dillon Carmichael, the Kentucky singer-songwriter with a deep outlaw-country voice, highlights his more lighthearted side on the new song “99 Problems (Fish Ain’t One).” A cheeky fishing tune in the tradition of Brad Paisley’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” and Craig Campbell’s “Fish,” it announces Carmichael’s upcoming five-song …
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The culture wasn’t demanding a James-Franco-in-Spring-Breakers-esque rapper-crooner in summer 2015, when “White Iverson” quietly started its months-long climb to No. 14 on the Hot 100. But Post Malone was fruitful, and his smashes multiplied. “White Iverson” (30 weeks on the Hot 100) beget “Congratulations” feat. Quavo (50 weeks) beget “Rockstar” …
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Halfway through Mitski’s show at Central Park’s SummerStage on Sunday, the singer lay face down on a white wooden table, grasping the mic to deliver the opening lines to “Geyser.” The first track on her critically acclaimed 2018 album Be the Cowboy, the song clocks in at just over two …
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Dan Warner — a Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning guitarist and producer and songwriter — has died, Billboard reports. The cause of death has not been released. Born and raised in South Florida, Warner recorded with a wide range of artists, including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb, Gloria …
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Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has released a new single, “Jungle Bunny,” ahead of his new album 2024, which will drop November 8th via his own KOLA Records. The upbeat, pointed track tackles issues of race and responsibility. “There is a history of black entertainers feeling that after they have …
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In 2017, indomitable honky-tonker J.P Harris teamed up with rising female country stars like Nikki Lane and Kelsey Waldon for an EP of collaborations titled Why Don’t We Duet in the Road. Harris revisits the concept again for a second volume — Why Don’t We Duet in the Road (Again) …
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John Travolta presented Taylor Swift with the award for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday night, for her pro-LGBTQ video “You Need To Calm Down.” At least, that’s what was supposed to happen. When Travolta and his co-presenter Queen Latifah announced Swift’s name, the …
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A day before the release of her new LP Norman Fucking Rockwell, Lana Del Rey has dropped a video for her sultry cover of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” in which a super-sized version of the singer stomps around Venice Beach. Directed by Rich Lee and homage of sorts to the b-movie …
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Shawn Mendes performed his most recent solo single, “If I Can’t Have You,” at the 2019 Video Music Awards. Mendes is up for six awards at this year’s ceremony, five of which are for his collaboration with rumored girlfriend Camila Cabello, “Señorita.” Mendes kept his performance simple, belting the single …
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