It’s hard to imagine anyone turning down a major Hollywood film deal that’s got the approval and backing of Leonardo DiCaprio, but Raekwon says that’s exactly what RZA did when he was plotting Wu-Tang Clan’s recent television endeavors. In a new excerpt from his memoir, From Staircase to Stage: The …
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Phoebe Bridgers has dropped her annual Christmas cover, releasing a rendition of Tom Waits‘ “Day After Tomorrow.” Released off Waits’ 2004 album Real Gone, Bridgers’ version stays close to the original, carrying a melancholic glow throughout lines like “What I miss, you won’t believe/Shoveling snow and raking leaves.” The track …
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T he family of John Hilgert filed a lawsuit against Travis Scott and his music production company on Wednesday demanding change to the music industry. The 14-year-old was one of 10 people killed during a brutal crowd rush during Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston. The suit was filed by attorney …
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Since 1997, Rahsaan Patterson has specialized in handsome songs, loving and lovelorn, packed with vocal pirouettes, supple pleading, and lush harmonies. The singer draws from R&B’s venerable Quiet Storm tradition, making music that would fit comfortably next to oldies by Anita Baker and Stevie Wonder. But when Patterson entered the …
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When news of Dean Stockwell’s deathhit last week, much of the coverage centered around his career as a child star in the Forties when he acted alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, his role as the holographic advisor Al on the cult time-travel show Quantum Leap, and his work in …
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Britney Spears is free from the court-ordered conservatorship she calls draconian and “demoralizing,” but her lawyer isn’t letting up any time soon. Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, has served Spears’ dad, Jamie Spears, and the singer’s former management firm, Tri Star, with lengthy subpoenas seeking documents and depositions to …
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Brockhampton‘s Merlyn Wood has dropped the video for new solo single “S.Y.K.” He’s the latest member from the group to step out from the band with solo material following founding member Kevin Abstract since their Saturation trilogy in 2017. In the “S.Y.K.” (which stands for “so you know”) visual, he …
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A 9-year-old boy who was “trampled” and separated from his father while attending Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival on Friday is fighting for his life at a children’s hospital in Houston, his grandparents confirmed to Rolling Stone. The grandmother of Ezra Blount says her grandson was being carried on the shoulders …
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Terence “Astro” Wilson, longtime member and “toaster” in the British reggae band UB40, has died at the age of 64. Former UB40 singer Ali Campbell, who toured with Astro over the past decade after both artists left the band, tweeted Saturday, “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have …
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Khruangbin will make their Austin City Limits debut on Nov. 6 as part of an hour-long episode also featuring fellow Texan Leon Bridges. The psych-rock Houston trio — bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, guitarist Mark Speer, and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson Jr — performed songs from three of their albums, starting …
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