Diplo and Mark Ronson recruited vocalist Mapei for their new house track “Feel About You.” It’s the second single from their collaborative project Silk City. Theproducers build a towering, multi-tiered groove under Mapei’s soulful croon, mingling disco strings with layered electronic beats and marimba-tinged synths. “Feel About You” follows the …
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Anyone who saw singer Mandy Barnett playing the title role in Always… Patsy Cline or heard her splendid 2013 tribute LP to singer-songwriter Don Gibson is already aware of Barnett’s ability to deliver polished Nashville Sound classics with panache. The Tennessee native, who grazed the country charts in the late …
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It’s a narrative that conservative reporters rarely miss: A liberal organization rails against regressive Republican policies, but when the company’s own workers try to unionize, management balks. There have been several of these stories in recent years, with worker-management tiffs at progressive shops likeMedia Matters and Slate probably garnering the …
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Russian punk groupPussy Riot released a new song and video, “Track About Good Cop,” in the wake of their pitch invasion protest at Sunday’s World Cup final in Moscow. The song moves between shimmering euro-pop and abrasive bursts of dance-punk. The lyrics seem to allude to the statement Pussy Riot …
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A bat used byJack Whiteat a charity baseball game outside Cooperstown, New York has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Warstic, the baseball bat company co-owned by White and current Los Angeles Angels second baseman Ian Kinsler, announced Friday that White’s game-used bat had been enshrined in the …
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President Trumphasn’t let a jam-packed European trip distract him from what’s really important: Discrediting the Russia investigation. Since touching down in Brussels on Tuesday, Trump has continued to tweet about the “Rigged Witch Hunt,” focusing his ire onFBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, the “lovers” who …
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Whitney Houston‘s mother Cissy responded to allegations in the new documentary Whitney that the late singer’s cousin molested her during childhood. “By this statement we do not intend to defend, condone or excuse the crime of molestation.” Cissy Houston said in a statement to People. “We cannot, however, overstate the …
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Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker will be posthumously honored with a street co-named after him in New York. Becker died on September 3rd, 2017. He was 67. The Walter Becker Way sign will be placed on the street where he grew up in Forest Hills, Queens. New York City Council …
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Bassist Matt Dresdner still remembers the first time he heard Mia Zapata sing, a few months before they started their band the Gits. It was in the spring of 1986 at an open mic event on the campus of Ohio’s Antioch College, where he and Zapata were going to school. …
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Late on an otherwise quiet Thursday afternoon, President Trump announced on Twitter that he accepted the resignation of his embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief, Scott Pruitt. “Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this,” Trump wrote, expressing confidence that …
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