Neil Young has dug into his archives and unearthed an acoustic performance of “Cowgirl in the Sand,” filmed at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut, on January 21st, 1971. The never-before-seen footage is available Monday in the Neil Young Archives. The gig took place just three days after his historic …
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Tom Hanks announced Sunday night on Twitter that he and his wife Rita Wilson “feel better” two weeks after their first coronavirus symptoms began showing. He encouraged his followers to practice social distancing and reassured them that “this, too, shall pass.” “Sheltering in place works like this: You don’t give …
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On March 4th, Rolling Stone hosted its second annual Women Shaping the Future event, celebrating, raising, and honoring the influential female voices in culture. The event was the first to take place at the new Edge venue in Hudson Yards, which overlooks New York City. Award-winning country artist Jennifer Nettles …
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Following both Live Nation and AEG’s decision to ground tours Thursday, Rage Against the Machine announced they would postpone the first half of their reunion trek due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Due to the current outbreak and ban on public gatherings, we are postponing the first part of our tour …
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Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams have released another teaser track from their upcoming instrumental album Aporia. The LP was inspired by Enya and other new-age music, and you can definitely hear it on this newest song, “Climb That Mountain,” a peaceful three-minute tune that could soundtrack a steady …
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For 50-plus years, British filmmaker Ken Loach has been a crusading white knight for the working class. His heroes are laborers, carpenters, union organizers, social workers, immigrant house cleaners, pub-dwelling punters, football-fanatic postmen. Kids, whether it’s the falconry-obsessed lad of Kes (1969) or the drug-dealing teen of Sweet Sixteen (2002), …
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Neil Young unloaded on Donald Trump earlier this month with a scathing public letter where he labelled the president “a disgrace to my country.”Days later, he reached deep into his vault and posted an incredible video of “Campaigner” from a 1991 Crazy Horse concert — a song written years earlier …
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Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said that if he had run for president in 2016 and won, defending the banking industry would have topped his agenda. In a 2016 audio recording from what is thought to be a private Goldman Sachs event, Bloomberg first can be heard referring to the …
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When the TV landscape was much smaller and lily-white, any series that centered on minorities had to shoulder an unfair burden of representing that entire group. Margaret Cho’s short-lived Nineties series All-American Girl couldn’t just be a goofy family sitcom, because it was also the very first one about an …
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Following the release of Octave Marsal and Theo De Gueltzl’s animated video for Bob Marley‘s “Redemption Song,” a new clip has dropped that shows the making of the French artists’ drawings. The video was released this month in honor of the late reggae legend’s 75 birthday. Directed by Errol Rainey, …
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