Chuck D and EarthGang discuss Bob Marley‘s influence and impact in Freedom Fighter, the seventh addition to Legacy, the documentary series honoring the late reggae legend. The video reaches nearly 40 minutes, containing footage of Marley’s performances interspersed with interviews with Ziggy Marley, 2 Chainz, LL Cool J, and several …
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After his last album Concrete & Mud was released in 2018, Sam Morrow found that he was often getting tagged with the “outlaw country” label. That album’s brawny mix of country-funk and retro boogie nodded to the influence of Waylon Jennings and Jerry Reed, undoubtedly, but the Houston native wasn’t …
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Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has partnered with Rolling Stone to launch a new interview series, S.O.S. — Earth Is a Mess. The first episode debuts Thursday, October 29th, and features a chat with Democracy Now! host and best-selling author, Amy Goodman. An avowed Goodman fan, Casablancas opens the interview by …
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HBO has dropped the trailer for The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, their upcoming documentary about the hit-making brother trio. “There’s nothing else to say about the Bee Gees except they’re fucking awesome,” Justin Timberlake says of the Gibb brothers, Barry, Robin, and Maurice, in the …
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A young David Bowie hits the road in America in search of fame and self-discovery in the official trailer for Stardust, an upcoming biopic about the music icon in the year preceding his Ziggy Stardust LP. Johnny Flynn portrays The Man Who Sold the World-era, 24-year-old Bowie as he embarks …
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At this point, you could make a compelling film about all the aborted attempts to make a compelling film about Marvin Gaye. In 2008, F. Gary Gray (Friday, Straight Outta Compton) signed on to helm a movie called Marvin. In subsequent years, Cameron Crowe, Jamie Foxx, Scott Rudin and, most …
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Harry Styles traverses Italy in the video for his latest single “Golden.” The track opens his sophomore album Fine Line, which was released last December. Directed by Ben and Gabe Turner, the sunny video was filmed along the Amalfi Coast. The sweet visual opens with Styles running through a tunnel, …
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William Blinn, the Emmy-winning screenwriter of Brian’s Song, the Roots miniseries and Prince’s Purple Rain film, has died at the age of 83. Blinn’s family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the screenwriter died Thursday of natural causesat an assisted living community in Burbank, California. After starting his career as …
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Sigur Rós have announced the release of their orchestral album, Odin’s Raven Magic. The 70-minute piece is a collaboration with fellow Icelandic artists Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and Steindór Andersen. Featuring Schola Cantorum of Reykjavík and L’Orchestre des Laureats du Conservatoire National de Paris, it arrives on December 4th on Krunk …
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The Buzzcocks will reissue the 12 singles the pioneering punk band released for United Artists between 1977 and 1980 in a new 7-inch vinyl box set. Each single in the 12-record set — due out January 15th, 2021 via Domino — is remastered from the tracks’ original tapes and recreates …
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