Luke Combs was named the Top Country Artist at the 2020 Billboard Awards, held on Wednesday and broadcast on NBC. During the event, Combs also gave a live performance of his new single “Better Together.” Accompanied only by a masked piano player, a suited-up Combs gives a faithful rendition of …
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There’s an inherent danger in nostalgia. As we’ve witnessed over the past four years, slogans about some mythical better time in America can come loaded with prejudice. Those good ol’ days weren’t all that great for everyone. But there are some anachronistic artifacts that are worth … if not celebrating, …
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OneRepublic and Alessia Cara joined the lineup for Avril Lavigne‘s Lyme disease livestream benefit concert. The event, set for October 24th at 8 p.m. ET, will benefit the Avril Lavigne Foundation and Global Lyme Alliance. Rob Thomas and host Wilmer Valderrama were recently announced for #FightLyme With Avril + Friends, …
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Jack White paid tribute to Eddie Van Halen and performed tracks from across his career during his last-minute musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live. White’s first performance featured a medley built around the White Stripes’ “Ball and Biscuit,” with the rocker reworking the Elephant favorite to feature both a …
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Lykke Li teams with Oscar-winning producer Ludwig Göransson for the new song “Bron,” her first-ever single in her native Swedish and her first new music in over a year. Translated as “The Bridge” in English, the song sees Lykke Li contemplating a recent heartbreak and convincing herself that she must …
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Bartees Strange has ignored musical boundaries his whole life, without even thinking about it. “When I played in hardcore bands, I remember writing songs and throwing in these R&B sections, or a melodic guitar section, and people would be like, ‘Bro, what are you doing? This is a hardcore band,’” …
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Stevie Nicks will be releasing a concert film,Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold the Concert, in select screenings in the coming weeks. But fans can now catch a sneak preview of the movie with a clip of Nicks performing “Rhiannon” during her sold-out 24 Karat Gold Tour. The minute-and-a-half-long video shows …
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Anderson .Paak has released a slick new single, “Jewelz,” which was co-produced by Timbaland. The track is a no-nonsense blast of funk-pop that’s centered around a crisp guitar lick, peppered with delicate synths and anchored, of course, by an irresistible rhythm section. The track finds .Paak in a playful mood, …
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As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. The Beatles‘ Abbey Road came in at number five. The following piece originally appeared in a Beatles special issue …
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Harvey Weinstein has been charged with six additional counts of sexual assault ahead of the disgraced producer’s Los Angeles trial on sex crime charges, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s office announced Friday. The amended indictment against Weinstein added three felony counts each of forcible rape and forcible oral …
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