There have always been two sides to the music of Nigerien guitarist and bandleader Mdou Moctar: the electric and the acoustic, the sweaty ballroom and the evening campfire, the wedding dance and the lament.If Mdou Moctar’s terrific 2024 album Funeral for Justice was the electric sound of the furious political …
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Nikki Glaser might as well be the biggest Swiftie in comedy — but she won’t use her celebrity status to get herself a selfie with her fave. In a new interview for Dax Shepard’sArmchair Expert, Glaser revealed why she chooses to let Taylor Swift be when they’re at the same …
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Morray is in a chipper mood at New York’s Quad Studios. It’s a celebratory occasion; his new project, Long Story Short, his first since 2021’s Street Sermons, was set to drop in a few hours. The 12-track mixtape is his return to music and, as he puts it, the first …
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Brandi Carlile has released a new song, “Wandering.” The track is a collaboration with tribal group the Makah Singers and was written and recorded for NBC/Peacock nature series The Americas, which premiered this week. “When I was approached to write and perform a song for The Americas, I was absolutely …
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Grimes has responded to the online fervor after Elon Musk recently paraded their four-year-old son around the White House. Speaking to Time in a new interview about technology and AI, Grimes requested that people stop posting photos of her child publicly. The singer was asked, “There were a lot of …
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Waxahatchee appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase her recent single “Much Ado About Nothing.” The musician, real name Katie Crutchfield, took the late-night show stage alongside her band, offering a moody take on the poignant track. “Much Ado About Nothing” was initially released in October and marked Waxahatchee’s follow-up …
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If you saw one of the 100-plus shows that Model/Actriz played in 2023, what you were probably most struck by was the Brooklyn noise band’s intensity. Every night felt somewhere between a secret initiation and a car crash, with lead singer Cole Haden at the center of the madness. “It’s …
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Stephen Stills and Neil Young will perform together at L.A.’s Greek Theatre on April 26 for the biennial Autism Speaks fundraiser Light Up The Blues alongside special guests Linda Perry, Cat Power, Christina Applegate, Chris Stills, and Oliver Stills. Tickets go on-sale February 28. The first Light Up The Blues …
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A judge in England has spared the members of the 1975 any individual liability in their ongoing dispute with a Malaysian festival over an onstage kiss between Matty Healy and bassist Ross MacDonald. In a ruling yesterday, Feb. 24, Judge William Hansen tossed out claims brought by the festival organizers …
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When We Were Young festival has a stacked lineup, with Panic! At the Disco and Blink-182 at the top of the list, and the lineup has drawn a second date, adding Oct. 19 to make it a back-to-back two day fest with the same bands playing each night. The bands …
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