Miranda Lambert‘s Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour launches tonight with back-to-back shows at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and a rotating cast of artists including Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack are set to play select dates through November. In anticipation of the …
Read More »Tosh Alexander Rejuvenates a Dancehall Classic on 'Games'
In 2008, the Jamaican producer-turned-singer Serani released a pretty, pleading track titled “No Games.” He had already helped create major singles like Sean Paul’s “We Be Burnin,’” so he knew how to pen propulsive, hooky hits; sure enough, “No Games” became a popular single in the U.S. in 2009. A …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Chrissie Hynde, 'Caroline, No'
Born in 1951, attending college at Kent State in the early Seventies (where she lost close friends at the 1970 Kent State massacre), clocking time in London at the height of punk (where she wrote rock criticism and worked at Vivienne Westwood’s legendary SEX shop among other adventures), Chrissie Hynde …
Read More »Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker Anchor Bahamas Hurricane Relief Concert
Nashville artists and songwriters, including Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker, will stage a benefit concert at the Ryman Auditorium on September 16th to raise funds for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The benefit was organized and will be hosted by Patrick Davis, a songwriter who oversees the …
Read More »Sackler Family Offers “Personal Wealth” as Part of Opioid Crisis Settlement
Update Tues., Sept. 10, 2019: This story has been updated to include comment from a Purdue Pharma spokesperson, who on Monday told NPR that Purdue Pharma is offering to give up the “entire value” of the firm as part of a settlement. “Additionally, the Sacklers have offered $3 billion in …
Read More »President Sharpie
It is understandable that people laugh at this. There is an inherent hilarity in the doctored map alone, its black Sharpie-d bubble emerging from just north of Jacksonville and curving around the Florida panhandle only to ensure that some slice of Alabama would be jeopardized by this newly enhanced path …
Read More »Hear Stormzy's Hard-Hitting New Song 'Sounds of the Skeng'
Stormzy has released a new single, “Sounds of the Skeng,” the third song to emerge from the British rapper’s upcoming album. The fast-talking track, produced by Sir Spyro, follows “Vossi Bop” and “Crown.” The single art pays homage to The Sound of Music, but “Sounds of the Skeng” doesn’t have …
Read More »Art of the Sale: Inside the Room Where Women are Pitching Women on Trump 2020
Early on election night 2016, I swiped a hot pink “Women for Trump” poster from the Midtown hotel where the reality TV star was scheduled to accept a magnificent, national-stage humbling. Almost everyone agreed a trouncing was coming, including, reportedly, Kellyanne Conway. The first woman to lead a major-party campaign, …
Read More »The Overstock CEO's Wild Maria Butina Story Raises Serious Questions
Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne came to me months ago with a wild, difficult tale. I told him any story would have to come with a caveat. “There’s not going to be any way to tell this,” I told him, “without explaining to readers you’re a different sort of dude.” …
Read More »Adam Lambert, David Guetta, Rita Ora to Perform at Avicii Tribute Concert
Adam Lambert, Rita Ora, Aloe Blacc and David Guetta are among the artists tapped for the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness in honor of Avicii, who died last year. The event, set for December 5th at Friends Arena in Stockholm, will feature 19 of the original singers on …
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