Ken Jeong showed off his range during a recent appearance on the Jennifer Hudson Show. Stopping by to discuss stand-up comedy and his dream to have Hudson on the Masked Singer, on which he serves as both judge and comedic relief, the comedian whipped up an operatic commercial break theme …
Read More »'She Sings to Me Every Night': Christine McVie on Her Friendship with Stevie Nicks
When Stevie Nicks posed solo for a January 2015 cover of Rolling Stone, in the middle of a Fleetwood Mac tour, it wasn’t a particularly popular move among her bandmates. But one member of Fleetwood Mac did agree to give a secondary interview for my cover story on Nicks — …
Read More »Crisis of Faith: New Johnny Cash Movie Doesn't Know If It's a Documentary or a Sermon
The defining moment of the new documentary Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon is when Johnny Cash says he found God in the darkness of East Tennessee’s Nickajack Cave in the fall of 1967. Cash, who retold the story many times in later years, was at the height …
Read More »Watch Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson Put the Country Spark Back Into '9 to 5' During Live Duet
Kelly Clarkson earned some gold standard bragging rights earlier this year when Dolly Parton enlisted her to record a duet of the classic 1980 single “9 to 5” reimagined as a somber pop ballad for her documentary Still Working 9 to 5. Now, after the latest iteration of Kellyoke on …
Read More »Sheryl Lee Ralph Wanted One Christmas Song. She Made An Album
Sheryl Lee Ralph considers her entire life a song. The 65-year-old actress has spent over four decades making a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Her first film, A Piece of the Action, was directed by Sydney Poitier, one of her instructors was famed German actress Uta Hagen, and …
Read More »Red Hot Celebrates 'Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti' Tribute Album 20th Anniversary With Debut Streaming Release
Twenty years ago, the AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot unveiled Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti, a tribute record that recruited over three dozen artists in celebration of the Nigerian musician. Now, after two decades, the record has been made available on streaming for the first …
Read More »Most of the Top-Streamed Songs of 2022 Weren't Even Released This Year
Replay, Spotify Wrapped, and the year-end Billboard Hot 100 lists are out! This week, the top streaming service shared personalized data about the top songs, artists, and albums that each of its users listened to in 2022. And they also shared data on the top-streamed songs worldwide — and a …
Read More »The Killers, Muse, the Lumineers Lead Atlanta's 2023 Shaky Knees Fest
Festival announcement season is officially upon us, with Atlanta’s Shaky Knees revealing its 2023 lineup Wednesday, headlined by the Killers, Muse, and the Lumineers. The fest — which runs from May 5-7 at downtown Atlanta’s Central Park — will also feature Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tenacious D, the Mars Volta, Father …
Read More »Watch Christine McVie's Final Public Performance at 2020 Peter Green Tribute Show
The devastating news of Christine McVie’s death hit Wednesday afternoon, and we’re still processing it along with Fleetwood Mac fans all over the globe. “We were so lucky to have a life with her,” Fleetwood Mac said in a group statement. “Individually and together, we cherished Christine deeply and are …
Read More »Mick Fleetwood Pays Tribute to Christine McVie: 'Part of My Heart Has Flown Away Today'
Mick Fleetwood paid tribute to Christine McVie on social media Wednesday after the death of his Fleetwood Mac bandmate at the age of 79. “Part of my heart has flown away today,” the drummer wrote on Instagram. “This is a day where my dear sweet Friend Christine McVie has taken …
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