Teenage Cancer Trust has announced a livestream series featuring unseen concert footage from the Cure, the Who, Pulp, Paul McCartney and more after their annual live concert series was shelved due to the pandemic. The series, titled Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen, will air for free on YouTube and also include …
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During the past few years, William Shatner has tackled everything from progressive rock and country to classic rock and even Christmas songs on his eclectic spoken-word/music albums for Cleopatra Records. But when the label approached him with the idea of a blues record, he was slightly taken aback. “A white …
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Patti Smith, Joan Baez and more have shared a socially distanced rendition of “People Have the Power” for Pathway to Paris, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing climate change. The performance arrives on the sixth anniversary of the non-profit — founded by musician Jesse Paris Smith and cellist Rebecca Foon …
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A review of this weeks’ Lovecraft Country, “Meet Me in Daegu,” coming up just as soon as I’m Judy Garland’s butler… “We’ve both done monstrous things. But that does not make us monsters.” —Ji-Ah Even for a show that morphs wildly from week to week in structure and in tone, …
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With both chambers of Congress back in Washington, D.C., music-industry organizations such as the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) are continuing their fight to secure federal funding for clubs and venues teetering on the edge of closing. The political situation remains fairly similar to when the House and Senate left …
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On The Late Show Monday, Bob Woodward shared a previously unreleased audio excerpt from a conversation with President Donald Trump where the president once again revealed he understood how serious Covid-19 was in private while downplaying it public. The tape, Woodward told Stephen Colbert, came from an interview with Trump …
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Former Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith reminisces about meeting David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and Hall & Oates, performing alongside Gilda Radner and crafting the Wayne’s World theme song in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time video series. While SNL was a revolving door of celebrities, Smith …
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Warner Records have announced several exclusive vinyl releases for part one of this year’s Record Store Day on Saturday, August 29th. The Black Keys will be releasing a 2x black vinyl 45 RPM disc version of their ninth album,Let’s Rock, pressed on two 180 gram discs, housed in a deluxe …
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WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy, the logistics expert and Republican mega-donor who now serves as the Postmaster General, made his debut appearance before Congress on Friday. Senate Democrats grilled DeJoy on the recent delays in mail delivery and DeJoy’s plans to overhaul the Postal Service’s operations. While most Senate Republicans came …
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Naomie Harris and Brian Eno have joined forces for Extinction Emergency, and Why We Must Act Now, an animated short about the climate and ecological crisis. Harris does voiceover for the explainer, while Eno provides the score. “You are an amazing human being,” the actress says in the opening of …
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