Jimmy Buffett capped off his rendition of the National Anthem before Sunday’s NFC Championship game in New Orleans with an emphatic mic drop. Buffett, a lifelong Saints fan, delivered a straightforward, near-recited rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but it was the “Margaritaville” singer’s actions after “And the home of the …
Read More »New York's Panorama Music Festival 'Taking a Hiatus' in 2019
The once-crowded New York music festival landscape will feature one less event this summer as Panorama will go on hiatus in 2019, with plans to revive the fest in 2020 at a different location. The AEG and Goldenvoice-produced festival took place from 2016 to 2018 at New York’s Randall’s Island, …
Read More »A Thousand Horses Return With Surging New Song 'My Time's Comin”
“I’m a champion,” Michael Hobby howls at the beginning of “My Time’s Comin’,” the new song by A Thousand Horses. The first release off the country-rock band’s upcoming second album, the stomping track is tailor-made for the playoffs — take your pick of sports. Opening with a gospel chorus, a …
Read More »Has the Government Legalized Secret Defense Spending?
October 4th, 2018, was a busy news day. The fight over Brett Kavanuagh’s Supreme Court nomination dominated the cycle. The Trump White House received a supplemental FBI report it said cleared its would-be nominee of wrongdoing. Retired Justice John Paul Stevens meanwhile said Kavanaugh was compromised enough that he was …
Read More »Migos Sound Rejuvenated on Mustard's 'Pure Water'
The back half of Migos’ 2018 was not their most creatively rewarding stretch of their carer. Quavo’s solo project was critically panned, Takeoff’s The Last Rocket fared slightly better and Offset didn’t bother dropping his promised solo effort as he sifted through a messy maybe-divorce. The group passed the then-hypothetical …
Read More »Hear Karen O, Danger Mouse's Potent New Song 'Woman'
Karen O and Danger Mouse have unveiled new song, “Woman.” The new track from their forthcoming collaborative album Lux Prima, which is due on March 15th via BMG and is available for pre-order, follows their previously released title track. The potent “Woman” features Karen O’s empowering lyrics, which includes the …
Read More »What Kind of Attorney General Will William Barr Be?
WASHINGTON —William Barr, President Trump’s nominee to run the Justice Department as attorney general, entered his confirmation hearing on Tuesday morning with one question looming large: Would he recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after he blasted Mueller in a private memo last year? Last June, …
Read More »Steve Miller Band Schedule 2019 Spring Tour
After celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2018, Steve Miller Band will return to the road this spring for a brief tour through the southeastern portion of the United States. The eight-date trek opens March 12th in Clearwater, Florida and wraps two weeks later with a March 24th gig in Southaven, …
Read More »Lin-Manuel Miranda Returns to 'Hamilton' Role as Puerto Rico Residency Begins
Lin-Manuel Miranda returned to the role of Alexander Hamilton for the first time in two-and-a-half years as Hamilton opened its three-week residency in Puerto Rico Friday. “I just love this island so much. And I just want it to be proud of me,” Miranda told reporters following the show’s Puerto …
Read More »The Other Side of the Border Fight
Before President Trump flew to McAllen, Texas, to cast the border as a hellscape of criminals frothing to illegally enter the United States, his Mexican counterpart visited the region. Last Saturday in Ciudad Juarez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador laid out his vision to create jobs, cut corporate taxes and raise …
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