Pearl Jam document an environmental apocalypse and excoriate Donald Trump on their new song, “Quick Escape.” The track will appear on the band’s upcoming album, Gigaton, which arrives this Friday, March 27th. “Quick Escape” is a delirious hard-rocker complete with heavy drums, screeching guitars, and a pile-driver of a bass …
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“As Lyndon Johnson said, ‘I’m hunkered down like a mule in a hailstorm,’ ” says Dan Rather from his New York apartment. Now 88, the veteran reporter and newsman is holed up like many in his city, but he’s hardly silent. Although it’s been 14 years since he and CBS …
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UPDATE: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics, likely until next year, The Wall Street Journal reports. Abe said he spoke with IOC President Thomas Bach and they agreed upon a delay of “about one year,” though no exact …
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Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford has released a piano version of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” — the Rodgers & Hammerstein showtune-turned-British anthem — to raise money for a pair of organizations helping vulnerable people amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Here’s a song for you, because it feels like the right time …
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The first time Stephen Bruner comfortably called himself “Thundercat” was when he met Erykah Badu. “I was like, ‘Um my name is Thundercat. Hi,’” he says while laughing on the latest segment of “The First Time.” Before Thundercat kicked off his solo career in 2011, he played bass for Erykah …
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Noah Cyrus has returned with the country-tinged new single “I Got So High That I Saw Jesus.” The song is part of a larger body of work that will be released later this year, Cyrus told her fans today. Over an acoustic guitar, Cyrus sings about a drug-induced encounter with …
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With live music events at a halt and social distancing having become the new normal, many performing artists have lost an essential part of their income. But a new livestreamed concert series, “Shut In & Sing,” will bring artists and fans back together, while also offering financial support to performers …
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Kevin Bacon knows a thing or six about how interconnected the world is, given he’s long been a central figure discussed in the six degrees of separation concept, which asserts that each of us are linked by six or less people. Expanding on the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game …
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David Crosby has never once seen a question prior to the cameras rolling when we film an Ask Croz segment, but he’s told us many times he’ll field whatever readers throw at him without any exceptions. In this new Ask Croz segment, he proves it from the very top by …
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I wrote the song “Shane” for my latest albumSunset Kids while we were taking a break from recording, and producers Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby were back out on the road. We filmed a video with director Joseph Quever running all over Dublin to capture some of Shane’s old haunts, …
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