The Walker Roaders — the supergroup featuring ex-members of the Pogues, Flogging Molly, and Dropkick Murphys — have released a new cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning.” The cover finds the Walker Roaders using a banjo to deliver the song’s iconic blues riff, while later bits of acoustic guitar and …
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Paloma Mami and Major Lazer have released a new video for their single “QueLoQue.” Directed by Sam Hayes, the visual is a tribute to the work of prolific director Hype Williams, who directed some of the most iconic R&B and hip-hop videos of the Nineties: Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be …
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The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), AEG, Live Nation, and an array of other organizations in the live entertainment industry have signed an open letter to President Joe Biden offering to help with Covid-19 vaccine distribution. Noting the Biden administration’s aim to vaccinate 100 million Americans over the next 100 …
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Late last year, Margo Price released That’s How Rumors Get Started, where she steered her sound from outlaw country into full-on arena rock, inspired by Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac. She recorded in L.A., putting together a band that included Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers and bassist Pino Palladino. Price …
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Van Morrison is planning to launch a legal challenge against regulations that prohibit live music in indoor venues in Northern Ireland due to Covid-19 safety concerns. Sarah Symington, an attorney at the firm John J. Rice and Co. Solicitors, which is representing Morrison, confirmed that the singer initiated legal action …
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Darlene Love never knew how she’d feel when Phil Spector died, but when the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed the producer’s death on Sunday, she mainly felt sorrow despite all the ways he mistreated her over the years. “My son called to tell me the news,” says the …
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The sad news came down last night that New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain died after a long battle with cancer. “l remember the first time I saw him bop into the rehearsal space/bicycle shop with his carpetbag and guitar straight from the plane after having been deported from Amsterdam,” …
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The Screen Actors Guild has moved its 27th annual awards show to avoid a conflict with the Grammys, which were rescheduled for the SAG Awards’ original date, March 14th. The 2021 SAG Awards will now broadcast April 4th on TNT and TBS at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. ET. The Grammys …
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On AC/DC‘s most recent tour, in 2016, the band seemed to be falling apart. Frontman Brian Johnson’s hearing was failing, and Axl Rose wound up replacing him for part of the run; rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young — the bedrock of the band — had developed dementia and could no longer …
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Three years ago, Saweetie released a freestyle over Florida rapper Khia’s raunchy 2002 hit “My Neck, My Back.” She called it “Icy Girl,” and it quickly became one of that summer’s biggest anthems, with more than 110 million YouTube views to date — the first in a series of fun, …
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