Haim returned to the Los Angeles Forum parking lot to perform “Gasoline” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Instead of walking (and jogging), the sister trio stayed positioned at their microphones, with Danielle Haim kicking off the Women In Music Pt. III track on drums: “You took me back/But you shouldn’t have/Now it’s …
Read More »Aaron Lee Tasjan Announces 'Live and Well' Virtual Tour
Singer-songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan has announced dates for his “Live and Well From East Nashville” virtual tour. The three-night series kicks off with a solo acoustic show on October 13th. Tasjan, a bandleader and guitarist, will have a different approach and location for each of the three shows, which run …
Read More »Amanda Shires on Why She Wrote a Song About Abortion
Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell depict a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion in the new song “The Problem.” The track’s release coincides with International Safe Abortion Day and proceeds from its sales will go to the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization based in Alabama. Shires wrote …
Read More »A Message of Hope From the Dalai Lama
In times of trouble, the Dalai Lama’s story is one that bears repeating. The hardships include being plucked from his peasant parents as a toddler and ensconced in a spooky old palace, where he was tasked with relearning nearly every ounce of the knowledge he had managed to sponge up …
Read More »'The Breakdown': Rainn Wilson on Gillian Flynn's 'Utopia'
Author Gillian Flynn’s (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) new show, Utopia, is a conspiracy thriller that follows a group of comic book nerds who are trying to save the world from a global pandemic. Adapted from the 2013 British original, Utopia stars Rainn Wilson, John Cusack, Sasha Lane and Daniel Byrd. …
Read More »Why Ziggy Marley Made a Children's Album During Quarantine
In the early days of the pandemic, Ziggy Marley found himself stuck at home in California, wondering how to address the pain of the current moment with his music. Since he was also occupied with family, that desire to write led to More Family Time, the new follow-up to his …
Read More »'The Haunting of Bly Manor' Trailer Boasts Love, Horror and Some Spooky Dolls
The official trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor mixes human warmth and spooky chills to great effect in what looks to be a gorgeous revamp of Henry James’ classic 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw. The show is the second installment of Mike Flanagan‘s Netflix series, which …
Read More »Songwriter Tré Burt Remembers Black Victims of Police Violence in 'Under the Devil's Knee'
“Don’t tell me your position, don’t need no sympathy,” California singer-songwriter Tré Burt sings in his piercing new folk polemic. “Your bleeding heart’s complicit if you ain’t in the street.” That song is “Under the Devil’s Knee,” a haunting folk-roots number that mourns the lives of George Floyd, Eric Garner, …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Toxic Workplace Scandal on First Show Back
Ellen DeGeneres addressed the toxic work environment allegations that rocked her daytime talk show this summer, apologizing “to the people who were affected” on the Season 18 premiere Monday, September 21st. “As you may have heard, this summer there were allegations of a toxic work environment at our show and …
Read More »Federal Judge to Postal Service: Fix What Louis DeJoy Broke
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service — run by GOP megadonor-turned-Postmaster Louis DeJoy — to suspend and reverse changes that risk disrupting the 2020 election. District Judge Stanley Bastian’s ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by 14 states that alleged DeJoy misused his authority as …
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