When Sharon Jones died of pancreatic cancer last year, the world lost its greatest exponent of vintage soul; that she’d first hit her stride in the ’00s with the revivalist, detail-obsessed Daptone label, made the accomplishment all the more striking. Recorded over her last two years with longtime sidemen, genre-masters …
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On July 21st, 2016 – at a time when nearly every political pundit and member of the mainstream media thought that Donald Trump didn’t have even a chance of beating Hillary Clinton – Michael Moore went public with his belief that the Republican candidate was going to win. “You are …
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On “The Beautiful & Damned,” 28-year-old Oakland rapper G-Eazylays out the contradictory impulses of his nature. “To understand a Gemini/ Angel, devil, it’s both him and I,” he raps. The mid-tempo track’s solemn tone reflects the rapper’s mental unrest. He ruminates on the “scrutiny” of fame and how the double-edged …
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Prophets of Rage – the supergroup/”elite task force of revolutionary musicians” featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill – offer a glimpse of their life on the road in the video for “Hands Up,” a cathartic track punctuated with the line “had enough, had enough, …
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The closeness within the country music community and the ties that lie between the artists, even as they compete for trophies and radio spins, was the theme of Wednesday’s CMA Awards. But there’s another tightknit cadre of musicians that exists, and performs, east of the Cumberland River – a scene …
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While President Trump is in Asia this week,Stephen Colbert noted the apparent camaraderie between him and Chinese president Xi Jinping. “I can understand how they bonded, because they’re both leaders of superpowers, which can be isolating – and sometimes I feel that way even as a late-night host,” he said. …
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Paul McCartney joined Steven Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul for a raucous rendition of the Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There” during Van Zandt’s concert in London, Saturday November 4th. McCartney and Van Zandt shared vocal duties, and a microphone, throughout the performance of the classic 1963 single. …
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The woman who gave President Trump‘s motorcade the middle finger in a photo that went viral in October has been fired from her job over the “obscene” gesture. In a recent interview with HuffPost, Juli Briskman said she was surprised that someone had snapped a photo of her when she …
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In the less than a week since Kevin Spacey was first accused of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old Anthony Rapp back in 1986, numerous men have come forward to disclose their own encounters with the actor, House of Cards has been canceled and his agent and publicist have both distanced …
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The Used‘s Bert McCracken and Justin Shekoski delivered a powerful acoustic performance in an exclusive video for Rolling Stone. The veteran rock outfit recently released their seventh studio album, The Canyon. McCracken and Shekoski opened the three-song set with an old favorite, “On My Own,” the sweeping ballad off their …
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