Keyboardist Peter CottonTale, Chance the Rapper‘s longtime collaborator in the Social Experiment, recruited the emcee for his breezy, soulful new song “Forever Always.” Daniel Caesar, Rex Orange County, Madison Ryann Ward and Yebba also appear on the all-star track. Chance the Rapper appears midway through the cut, unfurling a rhythmically …
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With a total of more than 250 artists set to perform at the Americana Music Association’s annual AmericanaFest in September, the event is a must-attend for Americana fans. The festival announced 100 additions to the lineup on Thursday, with John Prine and Friends among the most anticipated. Also appearing during …
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“The road and the studio are the only places I’ve ever felt completely OK,”Tom Petty told Rolling Stone last summer, explaining why he was launching one last grueling tour to mark his 40th anniversary with the Heartbreakers. But the roadwork wasn’t easy for him. Petty spent the entire 53-date tour …
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Alessia Cara performed the TV debut of new single “Growing Pains” on Monday’s Tonight Show. The singer-songwriter played up the song’s core themes, loss of innocence and youth, by wearing a massive, baggy suit onstage. She clutched the microphone tightly with both hands as she crooned the track’s smoky R&B …
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Last week’s Westworld was a mythic mini-masterpiece, a self-contained story that showed a whole different way this show could work. This week’s episode, however – “Vanishing Point” – feels like a return to frustrating form. The sweep and power of Zahn McClarnon and Aketcheta’s showcase is gone, replaced by the …
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“He’s so far beyond anything you can understand,” Carrie Coon‘s Vera says of a boy named Julian in a new trailer for the second season of The Sinner. “You have no idea.” The words become more chilling when considering Julian apparently poisoned his parents, leading to their deaths. Executive produced …
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra recorded a faithful cover of David Bowie‘s 1971 glam rock classic “Oh! You Pretty Things” for the SiriusXMU channel. The psych-rock act recreated the Hunky Dorycut’s prominent piano and rhythmic shifts, with frontman Ruban Nielson adopting a Bowie-esque croon. Bowie’s eclecticism is a crucial influence for Nielson, …
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New York City‘s Seaport District will be the site of an Independence Day celebration launching Hot Country Live, Spotify’s new live concert series that will further extend the popular streaming service’s flagship Hot Country playlist. Carrie Underwood will headline the Fourth of July event, which will take place at the …
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Macy Gray lights up a nightclub in the video for her cheeky new song “Sugar Daddy,” co-written with Meghan Trainor. The track will appear on Gray’s new album, Ruby, set to arrive September 7th. The Christian Lamb–directed clip stars Gray as a lounge singer struggling to win over the club’s …
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For the last decade, Lykke Li has been a pop outlier, singing songs that were too quirky for U.S. radio but catchy enough for under-the-radar success. But on her fourth LP, So Sad So Sexy, she embraces slickly produced pop with open arms, and she’s lost some of her character. …
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