A Film by Beyoncé has become the official title used to denote pivotal entries into an archive that Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has been building for decades. It first appeared with the release of Homecoming (2019), a documentary concert film that captured the musician’s historic headline performances at Coachella in 2018. This …
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Killing Joke guitarist Kevin “Geordie” Walker’s influence is vast: Metallica attempted to emulate his guitar snarl on their cover of “The Wait”; Kurt Cobain admittedly ripped off his riff to “Eighties” for “Come As You Are”; LCD Soundsystem synthesized his riff on “Change” and turned it into “Losing My Edge.” …
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Jimbo Hart, one of the founding members of Jason Isbell’s backing band, the 400 Unit, has officially departed the group. Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning. “I’m no longer a member of the 400 Unit. I’m grateful for all the years, all …
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Fifty-six years and 49 albums into her music career, Dolly Parton has a new milestone to celebrate. The country legend’s album Rockstar recently became the singer’s highest-charting LP ever, debuting at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart. “Wow, this is a big thrill!” Parton said in a statement. “I …
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Gogol Bordello‘s Eugene Hütz is launching his new label, Casa Gogol Records, with a single benefitting Ukraine. Hütz recruited Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) for a cover of Angelic Upstarts’ “Solidarity.” The pair’s take on the punk song comes in two forms, remixed by each artist respectively. Both Gogol …
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Seventeen‘s Dino dropped his new mixtape Wait, along with a high-energy music video Monday, marking the K-pop star’s solo debut. Much like the track’s title, Dino spends part of the music video waiting for his order at a cafe or sitting on a bench with a floral bouquet, hoping to …
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Ozzy Osbourne acknowledges he may never take the stage again after years of medical issues — including a recent spinal surgery that also uncovered a tumor — in a new interview with Rolling Stone UK. The singer, named the first-ever Rolling Stone UK Awards icon in a new cover story, …
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Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour continued its South American leg Friday in São Paulo, Brazil, where the singer performed another pair of deep cuts in the Surprise Songs segment of the show. First, Swift went to her most recent release — 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — for the debut performance of …
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Jon Batiste has shared a stunning new ballad of enduring love, “It Never Went Away,” written for a new documentary, American Symphony, about Batiste and his partner, the author-artist, Suleika Jaoaud. The film, directed by Matthew Heineman, follows Batiste and Jaouad over a tumultuous year in their life as Batiste …
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Myke Towers has positioned himself as one of the top Latin rappers and reggaetoneros. With his fourth album, LVEU: Vive La Tuya…No La Mía, the Puerto Rican artist proves that he’s an all-around Latin pop star. Towers finds a happy medium between the rap and perreo of his previous albums …
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