Dolly Parton may now be enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t feel a little guilty about it. Ahead of the ceremony in November, the country icon experienced a whirlwind of emotions over her induction, which went ahead, despite her encouraging voters …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel Suggests Kanye West Might Be 'Wearing the Wrong Color Hood' Following Hitler-Praising Interview
Late-Night TV hosts have welcomed Kanye West with open arms in recent years, keeping up with his antics during show segments and inviting him to plop down on their couches for interviews. But as the rapper known now as Ye continues to venture further and further past the point of …
Read More »Triller Removes Major Label Music Catalogs From App, 'Reassessing' Deals
Over three months after Triller was sued by Sony Music over “failure and refusal to pay millions of dollars in contractual licensing fees,” the video app has removed that label’s catalog — as well as major labels Universal and Warner Music — from their service. Merlin — which provided licensing …
Read More »Thanks to 'Wednesday,' All the Teenage Goo Goo Mucks Are Listening to 'The Cramps'
Much like various and sundry characters from The Addams Family, the Cramps rose from the grave this week and onto the charts. After an episode of Netflix’s Wednesday featured the band’s 1981 version of the 1962 Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads single “Goo Goo Muck,” Billboard reports that by this …
Read More »Christine McVie Influenced Generations: From Japanese Breakfast to Sheryl Crow
Christine McVie‘s musical impact inside of Fleetwood Mac — and as a solo artist — carried a legacy that transcended generations. Following her death at age 79 on Wednesday, the keyboardist and singer was remembered by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Japanese Breakfast, Muna, and many other artists. “God damn …
Read More »Bill Clinton Remembers Christine McVie: 'Don't Stop' Was '92 Campaign Song
Former President Bill Clinton paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac singer and keyboardist, Christine McViefollowingher deathWednesday at the age of 79. In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Clinton honored McVie and shared how “Don’t Stop” – a song written by the late artist for the band’s 1977 breakthrough album …
Read More »Farewell, Christine McVie, the Songbird Who Knew the Score
Christine McVie always came on like the grown-up in the room, which admittedly might not be hard to do when the room is Fleetwood Mac. But McVie was the emotional glue in a band that has spent the past 50 years breaking up over and over, the most stable, sensible, …
Read More »Ken Jeong Whips Up Operatic 'Jennifer Hudson Show' Commercial Break Theme Song on the Spot
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 …
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