The dust is settling on the 2020 election, and all eyes are understandably focused on the presidential result — which at last check had President-Elect Joe Biden beating Donald Trump by more than 5 million votes and on track to record a 306-232 victory in the electoral college. But some …
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Sinead O’Connor announced Wednesday that she is postponing her entire 2021 tour dates to enter a yearlong trauma and addiction program. In a string of tweets, the Irish singer — who has publicly dealt with mental health issues over the past few years— said that the stress of 2020, as …
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Stacey Abrams discussed the triumphant culmination of her long fight to flip Georgia, as well as what’s at stake in the crucial Senate runoffs there, during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Monday, November 9th. As Abrams recalled, her efforts began back in 2010 when, as the …
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The Country Music Association’s 54th edition of its annual awards show will look different than all the previous years. For obvious reasons, no audience will be present at Nashville’s Music City Center on November 11th, but artists are still anticipated to be, if not seated together, than at least in …
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With President-Elect Joe Biden now the called winner of the 2020 contest, Donald Trump is threatening not to concede the election. Trump’s predicament — a one-term president ousted convincingly during a period of national hardship — is not unprecedented. President George H.W. Bush lost under similar conditions, to Bill Clinton …
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Performing rights organization SESAC has named Luke Combs’ hit ballad “Even Though I’m Leaving” its Song of the Year for its 2020 Nashville Music Awards, which went online this year due to the pandemic. SESAC affiliate songwriter Wyatt Durrette III, who also helped pen Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried,” co-wrote …
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Every now and then, though, the imitation gets especially weird. There was the year both ABC and the WB premiered shows (That Was Then and Do Over) about middle-aged men who were sent back in time to relive their adolescence. Or the year …
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The National‘s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon, who collaborate under the name Big Red Machine, covered Aimee Mann‘s “Wise Up” as part of the Eaux Claires Festival voting initiative “For Wisconsin.” Dessner fronts the studio take, full of electronic drums, brass, harmonies, layered guitars and Vernon’s prominent backing …
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Stevie Wonder spoke in support of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Saturday at a drive-in rally in Detroit, where the singer also performed a short set that included his first new songs in 15 years. “The only way we’re going to win this fight, a fight against injustice, is by …
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Killer Mike discussed his hopes for the 2020 election and the future of the progressive movement in a conversation with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as part of Rolling Stone’s Fridays for Unity event. In the lead-up to Election Day, the rapper said he felt encouraged by early voting turnout, especially …
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