A review of “Hitchcock & Scully,” this week’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming up just as soon as I see the bucket of male body butter… While Brooklyn Nine-Nine is pretty egalitarian about spotlighting different members of its deep ensemble, there’s still a pecking order. On one end of that, Jake is …
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North Carolina-based acoustic duo Mandolin Orange have spent the past decade quietly releasing sturdy collections of originals that blend bluegrass, soft-rock, folk and country. The group’s latest single, “The Wolves” — a preview of their upcoming album Tides of a Teardrop — Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz offer a compelling tale of finding …
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WASHINGTON — One year ago, seated between an American flag and a flickering fire, Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department, announced the largest overhaul in the agency’s 168-year history. Zinke, who arrived for his first day of work riding a horse, said his plan would “transform” the Interior …
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Late last month, with little notice, three Beach Boys compilations appeared on Spotify and other streaming platforms:Wake the World: The Friends Sessions; I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions;andOn Tour: 1968 (Live). Almost none of the recordings had been previously released. They include originals and covers, captured in live soundchecks, …
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Walking the Floor bobs and weaves this week, swapping its usual focus on Americana music for a special conversation with boxing’s only eight-division world champion. “It’s not a music episode,” explains podcast host Chris Shiflett, an avid fan of the sweet science, during the episode’s first moments. “It’s a boxing …
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When Michelle Kramer moved to Country Club Hills, Illinois, she didn’t know much about R. Kelly — but soon, her youngdaughter, Dominique Gardner, became a superfan. In 2010, shortly after she graduated from high school, Gardner met the singer, who lived in the nearby Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields, through …
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One week after Lifetime released the documentarySurviving R. Kelly and set off a renewed wave of public scrutiny into the singer’s alleged history of sexual abuse, a judge has granted an emergency motion allowing Chicago building instructors to access the recording studio featured in the docuseries. Chicago’s buildings department will …
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On the surface of things, New York-based Warner Music Group should be delighted.The company, which owns the third-biggest recorded-music operation in the world, just posted record full-year results for the 12 months to the end of September last year. WMG’s annual recorded-music revenues grew by $340 million, or 11 percent, …
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The cast of The Sopranos remembered their auditions, original reactions to the show, working with late star James Gandolfini and more in a special interview on Today to mark 20th anniversary of the show’s premiere. The interview featured 13 members of The Sopranos cast, including Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael …
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It’s easy to be cynical about the city you’ve grown up in changing all around you, or to look with pure disdain at the rapid changes to a place you love. On the fuzzy, emotionally wrought “Seventeen,” Sharon Van Etten looks at the New York City of her past and …
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