For a few freewheeling days in June of 1970, Elvis Presley assembled some of Nashville’s best session players to jam in RCA Studio B on Music Row. Elvis chose the songs himself, everything from Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Bob Wills’ “Faded Love” to Willie Nelson’s “Funny …
Read More »Elvis Presley Meets the Nashville Cats on a New Box Set, With Glorious Results
For a few freewheeling days in June of 1970, Elvis Presley assembled some of Nashville’s best session players to jam in RCA Studio B on Music Row. Elvis chose the songs himself, everything from Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Bob Wills’ “Faded Love” to Willie Nelson’s “Funny …
Read More »Anuel AA Closes Out Latin Grammys With Deep Cuts Medley
Best New Artist nominee Anuel AA closed out the Latin Grammy Awards with a performance of deep cuts from his latest album Emmanuel. In a sea of laser lights, the Puerto Rican superstar upped the dramatics with a haunting performance of his ballad “Estrés Postraumático.” He then headed into the …
Read More »Maggie Rogers Performs 'It's Nighttime' on 'Sesame Street'
Maggie Rogers appears as one of the guest stars on the latest season of Sesame Street, performing a song about nocturnal creatures called “It’s Nighttime.” Rogers shows up during a backyard camping trip for Elmo, Abby, Rudy, and Charlie, who are in search of some marshmallows that went missing. While the …
Read More »Why Sexual-Abuse Survivors Are Getting Sucked Into QAnon
In 2016, Sarah*, 34, was a hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter, and was frustrated by what she viewed as the lopsided media coverage surrounding his 2016 campaign. “He’d have crowds with tens of thousands of people and no one would be covering it,” she recalls. “The only people talking about it …
Read More »Barack Obama Includes Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Beatles on Playlist for New Memoir
Barack Obama has shared a new playlist featuring music from Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, the Beatles and more, to accompany his new memoir, A Promised Land, which hits shelves tomorrow, November 17th. Obama announced the playlist on social media and shared a streamable version on Spotify. “Music has always played an …
Read More »Tower Records Relaunches as Online Music Store
Tower Records, the beloved music chain that shuttered all of its U.S. physical locations 14 years ago, has been revived as an online store. After nearly a year of teasing its return via a social media presence, the new Tower Recordsofficially relaunched this week, complete with the return of its …
Read More »Steve Perry Announces Stripped-Down Version of Comeback LP 'Traces'
Steve Perry has revisited eight songs from his 2018 comeback LP Traces for a new album he’s calling Traces (Alternative Versions and Sketches), due out December 4th. It features the tunes in acoustic form, stripped of much of the production from the original album. “When writing these songs, the original …
Read More »Jon Bon Jovi, Gwen Stefani Set for Joe Walsh's Virtual VetsAid Charity Concert
Joe Walsh has tapped Jon Bon Jovi, Eddie Vedder, Gwen Stefani, and many more to participate in his fourth annual VetsAid charity concert, which will take place virtually December 12th. The stacked lineup for VetsAid 2020: Home for the Holidays also includes Alice Cooper, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Daryl Hall, …
Read More »Hear Neil Young's Previously Unreleased Version of 'The Losing End (When You're On)'
Neil Young has dropped a previously unreleased version of “The Losing End (When You’re On)” ahead of the release of Archives Volume 2: 1972-1976 10-disc box set, which arrives on November 20th. The six-and-a-half-minute version of the song was recorded and performed live with the Santa Monica Flyers at West …
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