Carrie Underwood offered up a message of unity and positivity at the 2018 CMA Awards, where she gave a moving performance of her current single “Love Wins.” Dressed in flowing blue, Underwood sang in front of a massive video screen that projected a dazzling array of colors and eye-popping designs. …
Read More »Hear Betty Who Preview Third Album With Tender Single 'Between You and Me'
Betty Who is preparing the release of her third albumBetty with the tender new single“Between You and Me.” It will be the first album released by Who as an independent artist. On the acoustic-pop tune, Who wonders where she stands with a flirtatious friend. “Just between you and me/I can …
Read More »Anderson .Paak to Throw Carnival in Support of New Album 'Oxnard'
Anderson .Paak is the latest artist to throw their own party, following the lead of Tyler, The Creator and Post Malone (if on a bit more modest a scale, given that Camp Flog Gnaw and Postyfest are full-blown festivals). On Saturday, November 17, .Paak is throwing Andy’s Oxnard Carnival at …
Read More »When These California Wildfires Go Out, New Ones Will Come
“Paradise is gone,” resident Sue Brown told the Los Angeles Times after witnessing the devastation from the Camp fire, which is now the largest fire in California history. Brown said she and her husband had planned to spend the rest of their lives in Paradise, a city of about 27,000 …
Read More »Hear Sade's New 'Widows' Song 'The Big Unknown'
Sadesinger Sade Adu has unveiled the slow-burning new ballad “The Big Unknown,” which features in the end credits of the upcoming Steve McQueen-directed film Widows. Adu also shared the lyric video for her new solo track, which pairs footage from Widows with lyrics that appear to draw from the film’s …
Read More »Watch Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny's Steamy 'Te Guste' Video
Jennifer Lopez teams with Latin trap superstar Bad Bunny in the steamy video for their new single “Te Guste.” The two singers deliver their joint track, which translates to “You Liked Me,” while dancing in a tropical setting and sitting atop a red Ferrari 512 in the Mike Ho-directed video. …
Read More »Rufus Wainwright and Sarah Jessica Parker on Musical Collaboration for 'Here and Now'
It all started, naturally, in the Hamptons. As they sat by her pool in Amagansett two summers ago, watching their children play, Sarah Jessica Parker told Rufus Wainwright about the new movie she was producing and starring in, an updated take on Cléo from 5 to 7, a 1962 French …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Cat Scan, 'NRA'
Last month we spent a few days at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area for the Desert Daze Music Festival. Though the lineup leaned towards psych-rockers barreling riffs into hypnotic oceans, one of the fest’s best surprises was Cat Scan, a taut Los Angeles no wave band playing a 4:15 …
Read More »Perry Farrell Announces New Solo Band: The Kind Heaven Orchestra
Perry Farrell will debut a new solo band, the Kind Heaven Orchestra, at a Los Angeles gig later this month. He’s named the ensemble after his upcoming album, Kind Heaven, which is due out in 2019 and will be the singer’s first solo material in 18 years. The lineup includes …
Read More »Is Colorado Still a 'Purple' State?
Over the past few years, journalists, pundits and think-tankers have touched down at Denver International Airport with hopes that the Centennial State can be their crystal ball. Their lofty ponderings range from wondering if Colorado congeniality can straight up save the entire country, to coronating it with premier bellwether status …
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