Calvin Harris stepped back into the booth for his latest record, “Smoke the Pain Away,” marking his first appearance as the sole vocalist on one of his own singles since 2016. Leading vocals, production, and songwriting, the DJ and producer tapped into the country and dance music fusion that bubbled …
Read More »Will Smith Meets Up With Doechii to Re-create Viral 'Anxiety' Dance From 'Fresh Prince'
Thank TikTok for this reunion and crossover! On Friday, Will Smith shared a video of himself re-creating an iconic Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scene with co-star Tatyana Ali to the tune of “Anxiety” by Doechii— who also makes an appearance in the video. The clip, which reimagines a scene from …
Read More »Marianne Faithfull Draws on 'As Tears Go By' on Posthumous 'Burning Moonlight'
Marianne Faithfull takes inspiration from her first single on the new posthumous song, “Burning Moonlight,” which will appear on an upcoming EP of the same name, out June 6. The title track is a moving acoustic ballad inspired by the opening line of “As Tears Go By,” Faithfull’s debut single, …
Read More »Live Nation, Ticketmaster Fail to Get Antitrust Claims Dismissed
While Live Nation-Ticketmaster may have entered the year, as they called it, “hopeful” that Donald Trump’s presidency would bode well for its fight against the massive antitrust lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors last May, the company took a hit Friday when a Biden-appointed judge rejected its bid to dismiss a …
Read More »Sierra Hull, the First Woman to Win Mandolin Player of the Year, Is Redesigning Bluegrass
It’s early evening in Asheville, North Carolina, and Sierra Hull, the singer, songwriter, and mandolin virtuoso, is standing in Studio A on the third floor of the Citizen Vinyl record-pressing plant in downtown. Although the room is filled with state-of-the-art recording equipment, the space itself is sacred ground: In 1939, …
Read More »Macario Martinez Went From Street Cleaner to Viral Hitmaker. He 'Always Wanted This to Happen'
In late January, all of Mexico’s TikTok For You Page came across a video of Macario Martinez, dressed in his fluorescent yellow street cleaner uniform riding through CDMX. “Life asks for a lot and I’m just a street sweeper that wants you to listen to his music,” read his caption …
Read More »How Hannah Cohen Tapped Into the Magic of the Catskills for Her Gorgeous New Album
Living in the Catskills for six years has made Hannah Cohen an expert at mushroom foraging. In the several acres of woods that surround her mid-Seventies house, she’ll encounter golden oysters, chicken-of-the-woods, indigo milk caps, black trumpets, and maitake (she takes home 30 pounds worth of the latter every year). …
Read More »Brooks & Dunn Reschedules Arena Show After Explosion on Texas Tech Campus
Brooks & Dunn has postponed a concert at the United Supermarkets Arena following an explosion at Texas Tech University. On Thursday, the band reposted a Texas Tech statement confirming that their Thursday show would be postponed to March 20 after the campus was on alert the night prior. “Brooks & …
Read More »See Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Ground-Shaking 1982 'Wild Thing' Performance
The whole premise of the Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing” is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, and even his own ego — utterly skeptical of any personal joy, a real Freudian basket case — until he experiences a sexual awakening so subtle that he questions his …
Read More »Soulja Boy Begins Trial on Sexual Assault Allegations
Soulja Boy, the Grammy-nominated rapper, appeared in a California courtroom Thursday for the first day of his civil trial involving allegations he beat and raped a woman while she was working as his personal assistant for nearly two years, ending in late 2020. The “Crank That” artist, whose real name …
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