Playboi Carti has very little to say. That’s not a slight; Carti’s raison d’etre is making music that’s as dynamic as possible, which for him often means relying on lyrics as little as possible. Listening to a Carti song is to surrender oneself to an impenetrable world of loose enunciation, …
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Jimmy Webb, the iconic manager and buyer from famed New York clothing store Trash and Vaudeville, who later opened his own shop, named I NEED MORE, died Tuesday morning at the age of 62. Webb’s friend Heart Montalbano confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause of death …
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Selena Gomez is suing the makers of the mobile game Clothes Forever — Styling Game for up to $10 million, claiming that they stole her image and likeness. Clothes Forever, which is available on the Apple App Store, allows players to work as a virtual stylist, and its description touts …
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Roger Waters remembered John Prine with an acoustic rendition of the late singer-songwriter’s “Paradise.” “My friend John Prine died. This is his song, ‘Paradise,’” Waters wrote in the caption of the YouTube video. “Miss you, brother.” After a weeklong hospitalization, Prine died Tuesday at the age of 73 from complications …
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When Hal Willner died earlier this week after experiencing symptoms consistent with the coronavirus, the music producer, Saturday Night Live music supervisor and connoisseur of all things left-field and eccentric left behind more than just a series of offbeat and acclaimed tribute albums. Those collections mixed and matched everyone from …
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Carole King joined the cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in a quarantine rendition of “You’ve Got a Friend.” The clip premiered on CBS This Morning on Tuesday. King, who wrote the track in 1971 as a response to James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain,” makes a cameo in the …
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Earlier this week, John Prine’s family announced that the singer had been hospitalized after a sudden onset of Covid-19 symptoms. Prine – who has written classics such as “Angel From Montgomery” and “Sam Stone” – entered the hospital on Thursday, March 26th. On Saturday, he was placed a ventilator. “His …
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As the world fights a pandemic, we reached out to some of our favorite artists with a few questions about these unprecedented times. Here’s what Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! had to say via email about her current quarantine. What are you doing with your unexpected time at home? …
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Live Nation has announced the launch of Crew Nation, a $10 million fund to benefit tour crew members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is being administered by the Music Forward Foundation, a charitable 501c3 organization. Live Nation will initially contribute $5 million to help support concert crews around the …
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James Corden filmed a special edition of The Late Late Show called “Home Fest” and called upon several musicians to record at-home performances for the episode. Corden shot the special in his garage to help raise money for the CDC Foundation and Feed the Children, and tapped BTS, Dua Lipa, …
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