James Blake melds the surreal and the sentimental with his new video for “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow.” Director Frank Lebon sets the electro-soul cut to a dizzying montage of scenes between 30 real-life couples: arguing over breakfast, cleaning toilets, having sex and carrying on with their ordinary lives. …
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Ruston Kelly puts an atmospheric, modern spin on one of the most mournful ballads of the last century with his just-released version of the Carter Family’s “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow.” Shortening the title to “Weeping Willow,” Kelly’s rendition of the historic tune replaces the classic mountain-bred instrumentation and …
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Foreigner are heading to Las Vegas’ Venetian Resort in 2020 for a 10-show run at the Venetian Theater. Five concerts will take place between January 24th and February 1st, and another five are slated for April 17th through April 25th. “If you take a look at Foreigner’s catalog, there are …
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Early in her musical career, singer-songwriter Becky Warren had a band called the Great Unknowns that — like their name implies — didn’t make a huge splash, but they did make at least one high-profile fan in Amy Ray. The Indigo Girls co-founder was given a copy of their album …
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Has there ever been a rocker more comically perpetually unsatisfied than Gordon Gano? Nearly 40 years have passed since the Violent Femmes debuted their freaky, silly hybrid of folk and rock, and these days they’ve settled comfortably into a style that’s a bit like Bob Dylan meets Monty Python (or …
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UPDATE: A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault charges in Sweden on Tuesday, Associated Press reports. The rapper and two others are accused of allegedly throwing a man across a street during an altercation in Stockholm last month. Swedish news agency TT reports per AP that President Trump sent a …
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Greenwich Entertainment and CNN Films have released the official trailer for Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, a documentary exploring the life and career of retired super-star singer Linda Ronstadt. The film is in theaters this September. From her initial burst onto the scene as lead singer of the …
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In August 1995, Johnny Cash wrapped up an eight-show run that month with a concert at the now defunct Bud Light Amphitheatre in Harvey’s Lake, Pennsylvania. Such Cash trivia makes up the newly relaunched johnnycash.com, an exhaustive online archive that’s billing itself as “Everything You Need to Know About the …
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Janelle Monáe will star in Season Two of Amazon‘s psychological thriller Homecoming,Variety reports. Monáe will take over from Season One lead Julia Roberts, who will stay on as executive producer of the series under her Red Om Films studio. Season Two will find the show making a narrative departure from …
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Freddie Gibbs tries to get back into the drug game in the new video for “Giannis,” the latest clip (featuring Anderson .Paak) off the rapper’s LP with Madlib, Bandana. The “Giannis” video was directed by Nick Walker and M. Corey Whitted, and continues the story started in the 2014 video …
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