Emma Burgess-Olson, founding member of the all-female dance-music collective Discwoman, sometimes DJ’s wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Amplify Each Other.” And that’s exactly what she and her co-founders Frankie Hutchinson and Christine McCharen-Tran are doing in the world of EDM, addressing a notoriously male-dominated scene and its “stale …
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Bootsy Collins toasts to “Ladies’ Nite” on the latest sample of his upcoming 14th LP, World Wide Funk. The synth-fueled track blends hip-hop swagger and funky rhythms, with cameo spots from BlvckSeeds, DJ-Quik and MC-Eiht. In the song’s colorful video, an animated version of the iconic Funkadelic bassist drifts into …
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Don Henley, Lyle Lovett and Clint Black will partner for a concert to benefitHurricane Harveyrelief efforts November 28th at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. Tickets for Helping Texans: A Hurricane Harvey Benefit go on sale September 22nd via the Bass Hall website. All ticket proceeds will benefit …
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Nick Jonasreleased his second new single of the year, the hypnotic “Find You.” The track follows “Remember I Told You.” Both tracks will appear on a new album following 2016’sLast Year Was Complicated. The song features a simple guitar riff and house-inflected beat. Jonas goes on a mysterious quest of …
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In June of 2015, Rosanne Cash performed at Dockery Farms, an early 20th-century Mississippi Delta sharecropping cotton plantation – recognized as one of the foundational birthplaces of the blues – that’s now a popular site for tourists wanting to soak up some blues history. After her headlining performance, Cash approached …
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The final album by Gregg Allman, who died in May, is a moving farewell statement à la twilight masterworks by Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. “I know I’m not a young man, and it’s time to settle down,” Allman sings on the roadhouse blues “Love Like Kerosene,” his full-moon growl …
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Don Williams, the Country Music Hall of Fame member whose imposing height and warm, reassuring voice earned him the nickname “Gentle Giant,” died Friday, September 8th, after a short illness. An internationally popular country star, Williams recorded dozens of hit songs, including “Tulsa Time,” “Lord, I Hope This Day Is …
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Steely Dan‘s concert at Greenwich, Connecticut’s Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on May 27th didn’t seem like a momentous event when it was happening. It was merely the final gig of their U.S. spring tour prior to a two-month break. Things didn’t seem amiss until the tour resumed at Dodger Stadium …
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