While A Star Is Born may not have ruled the box office, its soundtrack has overtaken the Billboard 200. The companion album, composed of new songs by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, debuted at Number One with the best sales week for a soundtrack in 2018. A Star Is Born …
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For the past few years, with increasing frequency, Chance the Rapper has used his money and fervent following to exert pressure on the political system in Chicago. That’s come in the form of hefty donations, contentious meetings with political figures and straightforward activism. And the young Chicago MC hasn’t been …
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SoCal singer-songwriter Cuco has canceled all remaining 2018 tour dates after being involved in a car accident early Monday morning. The band was on itsway to Nashville when their van was struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate 40. According tolocal news reports, all 10 passengers in the van were …
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Stevie Nicks is on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time as a solo artist. If she makes it in, she’ll join a select class of double inductees that includes John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham …
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One of the chief architects of Travis Scott’s sound is Mike Dean. The engineer and producer helped the young Houston rapper craft a signature sound for years that finally blossomed on Astroworld. Songs like “Stop Trying to Be God” feature contributions from Kid Cudi, James Blake, Earth, Wind & Fire’s …
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Alessia Cara craves independence on her bubbly new song “Trust My Lonely,” a preview of the vocalist’s upcoming second LP, The Pains of Growing. “It’s time I let you go/ I made the mistake, go writing your name on my heart,” Cara sings over plinking synths and electronics. “‘Cause your …
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Doyle Bramhall II has unveiled his new video for “Everything You Need,” the Eric Clapton-featuring track off the guitarist’s upcoming LP Shades. Bramhall II, the son of renowned Texas musician Doyle Bramhall, has long collaborated with Clapton on the guitar god’s albums, from 2000’s Riding With the King to 2013’s …
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British reggae band UB40 have found themselves ensnared in the latest probe into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh‘s collegial drinking habits following a report that Kavanaugh and some Yale classmates were involved in a bar fight following a UB40 concert in September 1985. The New York Times reports that the …
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A mentally ill man who allegedly was obsessed with the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn turned himself in to Brooklyn police Thursday for violating two restraining orders. Benjamin Campbell, a 35-year-old from Ottawa who lives in Brooklyn, had been charged with stalking Finn in August 2017 when he sent the …
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Neil Young played the first show of his two-night stand at Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theater on Wednesday. Midway through, he broke out a new song called “Eternity.” “The first time we played this we played it on a train,” he said. “We don’t have a train, but we’re …
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