Lianne La Havas refuses to walk away on “Can’t Fight,” the latest single from her upcoming self-titled LP, out July 17th on Nonesuch Records. “A little peace, a little love/A little bit, is that enough?” she asks in the chorus, across a dazzling string arrangement. “I can’t fight away this love.” “‘Can’t Fight’ is that …
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A pop savant whose vision keeps getting more all-encompassing as he keeps making records, Mike Hadreas (a.k.a. Perfume Genius) has delivered his most ambitious music yet on his fifth LP. Back at the dawn of the 2010s, he drew notice with music that had the muted, willful intensity of bedroom …
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Brad Paisley and his touring band reunited on the same stage — at a safe distance — Friday night to perform a crowd-less livestream concert as part of Bud Light’s Seltzer Sessions. Lady Antebellum similarly performed together, six feet apart, to open the two-hour livestream, with proceeds from the concert …
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Tracee Ellis Ross follows in her mom Diana Ross‘ footsteps with her first song “Love Myself,” the lead single off the soundtrack for her new film The High Note. Ross debuted “Love Myself” on Instagram Live Thursday evening in a stream attended by her mom, siblings, Michelle Obama, Janelle Monáe, …
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Bill Murray is handling the COVID-19 pandemic — and the necessity of face masks — with a sense of humor. The actor appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week wearing a giant panda mask at his breakfast table, saying it was out of respect for “President Cuomo,” a.k.a. New …
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To the tune of “Pew Pew Pew” by Auntie Hammy, a woman in scrubs dances as the words flash on screen: “People that were never tested are added to coronavirus death toll,” and “the virus is nowhere near as deadly as experts predicted.” Another TikTok features her in a leopard-print …
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In a recent interview with Dan Rather on his AXS TV series The Big Interview, Jethro Tull‘s Ian Anderson revealed he suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anybody in public before,” Anderson said. “Since it’s you, I will take this …
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Netflix has revealed that the final season of 13 Reasons Why will premiere on the streaming platform June 5th, wrapping up three years of the popular and controversial teen drama. The teaser that accompanied the announcement gave little in hints as to what to expect from the show’s fourth and final …
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Though best known for the Fifties classics that defined early rock & roll, Little Richard‘s career was full of fantastic lesser-known moments, as he responded to the arrival of British rock, Sixties soul and Seventies funk, at times returning to his gospel roots while always showing the elasticity of his …
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Leon Bridges and John Mayer expound upon the joys of sheltering-in-place with that special someone in the goofy new video for their one-off single, “Inside Friend.” Bridges and Mayer filmed the video at their respective homes, with Bridges crooning the song on the couch, in the kitchen and while working …
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