Despite news of her death circulating online less than 24 hours ago, viral Instagram rapper Lil Tay is alive, according to an interview with TMZ. The self-proclaimed “youngest flexer of the century” claimed that her Instagram account was compromised and used to spread “jarring misinformation:” that she and her brother, …
Read More »Carla Morrison Talks 'Señora Life,' Her Hollywood Bowl Show, and Writing for Karol G
Carla Morrison has gotten used to living the “señora lifestyle.” Since stepping away from the public eye to make 2022’s El Renacimiento, she’s created a world where she isn’t always thinking about big crowds and dropping new music. Instead, she’ll spend her days prepping recipes for the week, going grocery …
Read More »Daniel Lanois on the Moment Robbie Robertson Reset His Career
In 1986, ten years after the Band had played “The Last Waltz,” its final show with the original lineup, Robbie Robertson decided the time had come to return to music. He’d dabbled in acting and film scoring — not to mention some wild Hollywood times that he would later begin …
Read More »Justice Department Wants to Ring in the New Year With Trump's Jan. 6 Trial
The Department of Justice is looking to kick off Donald Trump’s 2020 election meddling trial on Jan. 2, 2024, just days shy of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot’s three-year anniversary. “The Government proposes that trial begin on January 2, 2024, and estimates that its case in chief will take no …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro Didn't Need to Share His Rosalia Breakup Song With the Entire World
Rauw Alejandro is in his post-breakup, sad boi era — and he just dropped a song dedicated to Rosalía that we could’ve all lived without. On Thursday, the Puerto Rican reggaetonero surprise-released “Hayami Hana,” dedicated to his ex-fiancée, detailing, in rap verses, the “things he wants to get off his …
Read More »Watch Robbie Robertson's Finale Encore With The Band at 'The Last Waltz'
The life of Robbie Robertson — who died Wednesday morning after a long illness — can neatly be divided into everything that happened before The Last Waltz and everything that happened afterward. The 1976 all-star concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom marked the end of his career with the Band, …
Read More »Martin Scorsese Remembers Robbie Robertson: 'I Could Always Go to Him'
Martin Scorsese first met Robbie Robertson in the mid-Seventies when the Band contacted the director to film their final concert, which would become the moving celebration known as The Last Waltz. They remained close, working together on project after project, until Robertson’s death on Wednesday at age 80. In a …
Read More »Producer Dave Cobb Remembers Robbie Robertson: 'One of the Godfathers of Americana'
Dave Cobb had just gotten off a plane when he learned that Robbie Robertson, the leader of the Band and one of rock & roll’s great lyricists and guitar players, had died Wednesday at 80. The Nashville producer behind such modern-day milestones as Jason Isbell’s Southeastern, Chris Stapleton’s Traveller, and …
Read More »Ohio Voters Reject GOP Effort to Foil Abortion Amendment
Ohio residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a GOP effort that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution. The hastily-called special election took place ahead of a November vote on whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. Abortion is currently legal up to …
Read More »The 'Back to the Future' Musical (Mostly) Cuts Marty's Appropriation of Chuck Berry
Movies or life stories that are transformed into Broadway musicals always take a degree of liberties with their source material. Sometimes they’re egregious (Hey, Cher musical people, Gregg Allman didn’t sing “Ramblin’ Man” — Dickey Betts did!); other times they may be an improvement. The latter is sometimes the case …
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