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Howard Hesseman, the actor and comedian who starred as DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and Charlie Moore on Head of the Class, has died at the age of 81. Hesseman’s wife Caroline Ducrocq confirmed his death to the Hollywood Reporter, adding he died Saturday at a Los …

There’s only one cover on British soul singer Lianne La Havas‘ upcoming fourth album, but it kickstarted the entire recording process. On her self-titled album, the singer, whose blend of breathy coos and emotive belts makes her equally at home in a jazz club or rock venue, takes on Radiohead‘s …

UPDATE: The three men arrested and charged with the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery were indicted by a grand jury on malice and felony murder charges, Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announced Wednesday. “This is another positive step, another great step for finding justice for Ahmaud, for finding justice …

The fruitful collaboration between poet Gil Scott-Heron and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jackson will be the focus of an upcoming reggae tribute album. The LP was revealed Wednesday on what would have been Scott-Heron’s 71st birthday. Carry Me Home. A Reggae Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, due out May 27th, …

Max von Sydow, the Oscar-nominated actor best known for playing chess with Death in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and battling a demon in The Exorcist, died Sunday. He was 90. His wife, Catherine Brelet, announced the news without citing a cause of death in Paris Match. “It is with …

McCoy Tyner, one of the most distinctive and influential jazz pianists of the past 60 years, who became best known for his work with John Coltrane‘s legendary 1960s quartet, died at age 81. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of jazz legend Alfred ‘McCoy’ Tyner,” his …

UPDATE #2:Amidst an ongoing spat with Public Enemy over his dismissal from the storied hip-hop outfit after he declined to join them at a Bernie Sanders rally, Flavor Flav clarified his political stance in an interview with The Guardian. “I don’t have anything against Bernie,” the hypeman said. “I think …

David Roback, co-founder of the widely celebrated alt-rock group Mazzy Star, died Monday, a representative for the band confirmed. A cause of death was not revealed. Roback was 61. Roback founded Mazzy Star with Hope Sandoval in the late Eighties and served as the band’s guitarist, keyboardist and producer. Between …

In Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, Pacific Rim, the visionary director foresaw the year 2020 as a high-stakes battle between technology and mankind, with soldiers piloting flying mechas in an attempt to defeat skyscraper-sized robots threatening to destroy humanity. Now that the decade has turned, del Toro’s vision of flying …

For this writer, the quintessential moment of the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival came in transit. A quick stroll on Saturday afternoon took me from the main stage, where Laurie Anderson was wrapping up a set of luminous, exploratory string-trio free improv, to one of the smaller tents, where octogenarian Memphis …