B enjamin Booker’s years in Los Angeles, at the tail end of the 2010s, were filled with exploration and experimentation. The singer-songwriter lived for a while in Echo Park, but spent a lot of his time downtown. He’d grab his skateboard, coast down Glendale Boulevard, and spend the day taking …
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Not too long ago, Flying Lotus was at home in L.A., coming off an extended sojourn in David Lynch’s surrealist world, when inspiration struck. “I mean, what do you do when you’re just off a binge of Twin Peaks?” he says. For some people, the answer might be to pop …
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After spending most of 2024 on the road, Olivia Rodrigo is back home. Her time off, however, has come with a gentle reminder that she needs to take it easy for the time being. “I’m sick as a dog,” she says between coughs. Gen Z’s preeminent rock star is beginning …
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No stranger to charitable causes in his native Asheville, North Carolina, with his annual Christmas Jam concert, Warren Haynes will once again lend a musical hand to help out his hometown following the devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene last month. Haynes will host a Nov. 24 benefit concert at …
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PHILADELPHIA — Eight days out from the 2024 election, thousands of Pennsylvania Democrats gathered at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in answer to the ugly, grievance-filled ragefest hosted by the Trump campaign at New York’s Madison Square Garden the evening prior. The Democrats’ event featured performances from Bruce Springsteen and John …
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This year, Tinashe notched her first Hot 100 entry in eight years with the sexy, propulsive song “Nasty,” which started climbing up the charts in June. Around the same time, a TikTok video of dancer Nate Di Winer went viral: In the clip, the nerdy-looking white boy winds his hips …
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One of the year’s least expected samples on a record started with an email. A few months ago, Bonnie Raitt received a note from Bon Iver auteur Justin Vernon. Raitt was already familiar with Vernon, especially after he covered her 1991 standard “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” with a …
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Standing in front of more than 80,000 faces, Eric Church took a moment to absorb the spectacle at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday evening. “I’ve never played a show this close to my heart,” the country singer and Tar Heel State native noted to …
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The moment could arrive anywhere, anytime, but you always knew it was coming. It was the moment, at a Grateful Dead show or on a live recording, when Phil Lesh and his bass would make themselves known. Most bass players in traditional rock & roll bands provide a solid low-end …
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The world’s biggest drill rapper may spend the rest of his life in bars — and no one should want his crown. This week, Chicago rapper Lil Durk was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Savannah, Georgia, rapper Quando Rondo in L.A. in August 2022. Quando’s cousin Lul …
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