The Friday morning arrest of former Trump campaign official and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone marks a significant new chapter in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between the president’s 2016 election team and Russia. Mueller hit Stone with a seven-count indictment for lying to a congressional …
Read More »Here Comes the 'Bride': Inside Vampire Weekend's Return
Last fall, Ezra Koenig experienced a brief moment of panic regarding Post Malone’s hit single “Sunflower.” “We have a song on this record called ‘Sunflower,’” the Vampire Weekend frontman, 34, recalls thinking. “‘God, we have to get this out!’” The album he’s talking about is Father of the Bride, the …
Read More »Jimmie Allen, Trace Adkins to Perform at ACM Borderline Bar Fundraiser
Little more than three months after 12 people were murdered by a gunman at a Southern California country bar and music venue, the Academy of Country Music’s Lifting Lives initiative — the philanthropic arm of the ACM — will host a benefit concert featuring Jimmie Allen, Trace Adkins, Cassadee Pope …
Read More »Latin Artists Changed Trap Music Forever — R&B Is Next
Last March, the Puerto Rican singer Alex Rose released an EP titled Sexflix. Rose lifted unimpeachable melodies from R&B hits like Mario’s “Let Me Love You” and Ray J’s “One Wish,” but he made two key revisions to his source material, updating the drums to compete with modern recordings and …
Read More »'First Meal': Artist Explores Prisoner Exoneration Through Food
At first glance, it looks like a traditional food diary. A one-page questionnaire with simple prompts: “Who did you eat with? What did you order/have? Is there any particular reason you wanted the food you ordered or had?” The first questions, though, reveal a singular context: “Years in prison for …
Read More »'SNL': Watch Alec Baldwin's Trump End Government Shutdown With 'Deal or No Deal'
Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump attempted to end the ongoing government shutdown with a game of Deal or No Deal in the cold open of Saturday Night Live‘s 2019 premiere. “Earlier today you went on TV and you told the America people that you want to make a deal,” Kenan Thompson’s …
Read More »El Chapo Trial: Ex-Mistress Describes Alleged Kingpin's Naked Escape from Marines
El Chapo was naked. Taking off like a bullet down the pitch-black tunnel, he left his girlfriend, his faithful bodyguard and his maid in the dust as a contingent of Mexican Marines tried to batter down the reinforced steel door to his safe house in Culiacán, in the heart of …
Read More »Glen Hansard Previews New LP 'This Wild Willing' With Hushed 'I'll Be You, Be Me'
Glen Hansard has announced details of his forthcoming studio album, This Wild Willing, set for release April 12th on Anti-. The singer’s fourth studio album arrives one year after his most recent effort,Between Two Shores. As heard on the lead single “I’ll Be You, Be Me,” which features the singer …
Read More »See Sharon Van Etten's Cathartic Performance of 'Seventeen' on 'Kimmel'
Sharon Van Etten performed her impassioned new song “Seventeen” on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The singer-songwriter, decked out in a sharp red suit, stood stationary on the stage – one hand clutching the microphone, the other holding a pair of maracas that she shook on the song’s chorus. Over piano …
Read More »World Health Organization Names Anti-Vaxxers Among Global Health Threats
The World Health Organization has listed people who decide not to vaccinate as one of 10 global health threats they plan to monitor and address in 2019. On their website, the WHO said vaccine hesitancy “threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.” It said vaccines already prevent 2 …
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