UPDATE: Bernie Taupin‘s manuscript of lyrics sold at auction this weekend, with Taupin’s original working lyrics for “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” ($17,500), hand-painted lyrics to “Tiny Dancer” ($16,000) and the working lyrics to “Candle in the Wind 1997” ($10,000) among the lot’s items receiving the highest bids. Bernie Taupin …
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Fyre Festival co-organizer Billy McFarland, who just began his prison sentence, atoned for defrauding hundreds of people.“I am incredibly sorry for my collective actions and will right the wrongs I have delivered to my family, friends, partners, associates and, you, the general public,” McFarland said toPeople. McFarland was found guilty …
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Arthur Buck,Arthur Buck (New West) For two weeks in September, Arthur Buck — the newly minted duo of singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and ex-R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck — toured with the songs from their debut album, Arthur Buck, as a quintet with keyboard player Gregg Foreman, drummer Linda Pitmon of Steve …
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In Almost Famous, the 2000 film inspired by Cameron Crowe’s years as a teenage music journalist, one fictional Seventies rocker warns another about talking to a Rolling Stone reporter. “It’s Rolling Stone,” he says. “The magazine that trashed ‘Layla,’ broke up Cream, ripped every album Led Zeppelin ever made!” Rolling …
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Listen to the this week’sYouTube playlist here. The 1975, “Love It If We Made It” Sounds like: A sign o’ the times Perfect for: Scrolling through your social feeds at warp speed Don’t let the bright-neon pop presentation fool you: The 1975’s new single, “Love It If We Made It,” …
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This week’s episode of What Really Happened, a popular podcast hosted by documentarian Andrew Jenks, is set to explore the concept of the “27 Club,” which posits that artists die with improbably frequency at the age of 27. The term emerged from the deaths of musicians such as Jim Morrison, …
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Fifth Harmony‘s Normani continues to prove her prowess as a solo star with a pair of collaborations with superproducer Calvin Harris. She has teamed up Khalid and Migos’ Quavo this year as well. Both of the Normani and Harris songs are clubby R&B with tropical tinges. On “Checklist,” she hits …
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Charles Bradley pleads with a potential partner on the brassy new song, “Can’t Fight the Feeling.” The track will appear on the late soul singer’s forthcoming posthumous album, Black Velvet, out November 9th via Daptone imprint, Dunham Records. “Can’t Fight the Feeling” is a classic mid-tempo groover that finds Bradley …
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Janelle Monáe sat down for an intimate conversation about her albumDirty Computer at New York’s 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night. The artist also elaborated on her tour in support of the LP, film projects and work with her organization Fem the Future. Monáe revealed how far back the concept …
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Earlier this year, the Arctic Monkeys releasedTranquility Base Hotel & Casino, a strange concept album set in a casino piano bar on the moon that was a serious left turn from the arena-rock of 2013’s AM. Fans curious about the recording process behind Tranquility are in luck: the band’s longtime …
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