John Legend used his performance at New York’s Global Citizen Festival on Saturday as an opportunity to call out senators’ mistreatment of sexual assault victims. The musician unveiled a new song called “Preach” and explained to the crowd that track was inspired by those “who are out there doing something.” …
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Bandleader Sérgio Mendes, the godfather of bossa nova, was Brazil’s most celebrated artist in the Sixties. His most popular recording, “Mas Que Nada,” was originally penned and performed by singer-guitarist Jorge Ben, a former member of Mendes’ band. According to Ruy Castro’s 1990 bookBossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian …
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Kane Brown has released “Short Skirt Weather,” the latest offering from Brown’s highly anticipated second album Experiment. The rousing, Nineties country-inspired summer anthem finds the Georgia native alternating between his rich, low baritone in the song’s verses and a more playful, pop-leaning inflectionin the harmony-rich, sing-along choruses. Brown playfully praises …
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Canadian producer DJ Critical Hype blends Wu-Tang Clan‘s dark, alluring beats and 2 Chainz‘s witty boasts and punchlines on a new mash-up mixtape fittingly dubbed Wu-Chainz: 36 Trap Houses. One track from the project, “2 Chainz Ain’t Nuthing ta Fuck Wit,” unfurls various 2 Chainz verses over the dusty drums …
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Loretta Lynn hasbeen away from the spotlight since suffering some serious health setbacks in the last year and a half, including a stroke and a broken hip.“I had to focus on my health and decided to hold up the release,” Lynn, 86, wrote in August, explaining why she was delaying …
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“America is respected again!” President Trump has made this claim countless times since he was inaugurated. It may be the most laughable bit of bullshit he’s served up to his supporters. Over the course of his 20 months in office, Trump has done all he can to degrade America’s bedrock …
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Gary Numan canceled his Cleveland, Ohio concert Monday night after the rocker’s tour bus was involved in a “fatal accident” that resulted in the death of a 91-year-old man. Cleveland police told News 5 Cleveland (via Pitchfork) that the unidentified elderly man was pushing a cart through a crosswalk on …
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Christine Blasey Ford may not have been the only one. A week to the day after the professor’s allegation of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh was made public, the New Yorkerpublished a report from Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer detailing an additional sexual misconduct claim against the Supreme Court nominee. …
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It’s fitting Nelson’s latest set is named for the Frank Sinatra/Sid Vicious signature, which arrives just as far-right internet trolls are wetting themselves over his support of progressive Democrat Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke (“I can’t believe Willie Nelson’s a communist man what a heartbreak” rues one thoughtful observer on the …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda gathered some of the most prominent Puerto Rican musicians for the latest installment in his monthly Hamildrop series, “A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado).” The track arrives a little over a year after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico and it’s meant to highlight the ongoing need for support as recovery …
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