Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Sting, Gary Clark Jr., and Sleater-Kinney are among the latest artists that will reflect on their lives and career as part of Audible’s Words + Music series. The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Yo-Yo Ma are also slated for the Spring 2021 lineup, with …
Read More »Our Last Shows: A Look Back at Final Concerts Before the World Went Quiet
A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks. Tour announcements became tour cancellations, festivals were called off, and those of us who attended several live shows per …
Read More »Nancy Wilson Drops Tender Ode to Her Mother, 'You and Me'
Nancy Wilson reaches out to her late mother in “You and Me,” the title track to her upcoming solo debut out May 7th. Co-written with longtime Heart collaborator and friend Sue Ennis, the tune opens with subtle acoustic guitar. Vintage footage of Wilson and her late mother flash across the …
Read More »FBI Uncovers Contact Between Trump White House and Proud Boys Before Capitol Attack
Federal law enforcement officials have uncovered contact between the Trump White House and a member of the far-right extremist organization, the Proud Boys, just days before the January 6 attack on the Capitol. According to a New York Times source, the FBI obtained “location, cellular and call record data revealed …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Releases Demo Version of Broadway Track 'Predator'
Alanis Morissette has dropped a demo version of her song “Predator,” originally written for the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill. In the show and on the original cast soundtrack “Predator” is performed by Kathryn Gallagher and the ensemble cast, with lyrics written by Morissette and music written by Morissette and …
Read More »Flashback: Phil Collins Sings 'All I Need Is a Miracle' With Eric Clapton
“All I Need Is a Miracle” is not a Phil Collins song. But had he not become a solo star in the Eighties, giving his Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford the time and incentive to launch the side project Mike and the Mechanics, the song would not exist. It was the …
Read More »What If Iron Maiden Wrote Metallica's 'Enter Sandman'?
What would Metallica‘s biggest hit, “Enter Sandman,” sound like if it were written by one of the band’s chief influences, Iron Maiden? YouTuber Börje Unchained is attempting to answer that with a cheeky cover of the song written in the style of Maiden’s mid-Eighties records. In the clip, which comes …
Read More »'Austin City Limits' Country Performances Compiled for New DVD Set
Ever since its pilot episode with Willie Nelson in 1974, country music has been the bedrock of Austin City Limits. While rock and indie acts from the Raconteurs to Arcade Fire would all go on to perform on the live-music series, country remains in the Austin City Limits DNA. Now, …
Read More »NF's 'Clouds' Floats to Number One on Apple Music Pre-Add Chart
A year and a half after pulling off a huge charts upset when his album The Search beat out Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day for Number One on the RS 200, rapper NF is shaping up to have another big week with his mixtape Clouds. Clouds — released on …
Read More »Elisabeth Moss Joins the Resistance in New 'The Handmaid's Tale' Teaser
June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) makes her escape from the dystopian world of Gilead where women are subjugated in a new teaser for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Season Four of the series premieres on April 28th. Based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, the series follows June, one of the handmaids in …
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