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The Fourth of July is a crucial part of country music’s DNA, providing the setting for hundreds of all-American songs — from Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” to Toby Keith’s “American Soldier” — that bleed red, white and blue. It’s no surprise, then, that many of the genre’s icons …

If you have a lavish enough vacation, it may well follow that you’ll have to scrimp on your next music video. In Morgan Evans’ case, he pulled out a camera for his romantic new “Day Drunk” video more as a means to document a spectacular getaway with his new wife, …

Yesterday, the Senate passed a version of the 2018 Farm Bill that would legalize so-called “industrial hemp” – legislation that has long been a pet project of one of the most powerful men in America, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). His office immediately issued a self-congratulatory press release about …

Steve Soto, a mainstay of the Southern California punk and hardcore scenes and the co-founder of two seminal outfits, the Adolescents and Agent Orange, died Wednesday. He was 54. While a cause of death has yet to be announced, the Adolescents’ Tony Reflex confirmed Soto’s death on Twitter. “With heavy …

Since Billboard magazine started keeping track of such things in 1944, there have been dozens of Number One country songs with geographical locations in their titles. In 1945 alone, Oklahoma, Sioux City and Iwo Jima were all name-checked. But in 1962 the “Singing Ranger,” Canadian-born Opry star Hank Snow, notched …

Earlier this month, to the consternation of economists, business leaders, lawmakers and just about anyone else who weighed in on the issue, President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union. America’s third, fourth …

Many thoughts onWestworldSeason Two – withfull spoilersfor everything up throughlast night’s finale– coming up just as soon as I get to deliver my own speech… “I don’t want to play Cowboys and Indians anymore,” Dolores tells Bernard midway through Season Two’s swan song (“The Passenger”). This is just the latest …

Paul Simon announced plans earlier this week to wrap up his farewell concerton September 22nd with a massive outdoor show at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York. Simon grew up in the borough and has lived in the city for much of his adult life. “It seems more …

While the world continues to be transfixed over the gruesome images coming from the border, business went on as usual in Washington.Earlier this week, the Senate quietly passed the $716 billion “John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.” The bill, which passed 85-10 in a massive …

UPDATE (6/19):The label has released the new album by Philadelphia singer-songwriter BL Shirelle, who uses the project Assata Troi to examines issues such as police violence and addiction. **** In May 2015, B.L. Shirelle was finishing up a prison term at Muncy State Correctional Institution in Pennslvania. She felt apprehensive …