Taylor Swift fooled nearly everyone in her latest music video (and directorial debut), “The Man,” in which she dressed up as her own male alter ego “Tyler Swift” to demonstrate toxic masculinity in the workplace. It was quite an impressive drag persona, so much so that it was hard to …
Read More »'Here Comes Hope!': The Winding 30-Year Journey of Wilson Phillips' 'Hold On'
At age 19, Chynna Phillips was just trying to get well. The singer, who formed Wilson Phillips in 1986 with Carnie and Wendy Wilson, had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction throughout high school. As the trio cultivated their sound, learning together how to turn beautiful harmonies into thoughtful, original …
Read More »Hear Celine Dion Cover 'Wicked Game' With Chris Isaak
Celine Dion is the latest artist to participate in a Spotify Singles release, where artists share a new version of one of their signature tracks along with a cover of a song by another artist. For her track, Dion chose “Imperfections,” one of the singles from her November 2019 album …
Read More »Abbey Road Institute to Open First U.S. School in Miami
The Abbey Road Institute — a music production education program held in London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios— has announced the opening of their first school in the United States. Located in Miami, Florida, the new school will open in conjunction with the Miami Art House Studio, the bilingual music institution …
Read More »Morrissey Takes on the Slings and Arrows in 'Knockabout World'
Morrissey croons some kindly encouragement in his new song, “Knockabout World,” from his upcoming album, I Am Not a Dog on a Chain, out March 20th via BMG. The song opens with a punchy New Wave groove but builds into a lush, orchestral pop tune replete with strings, horns, and …
Read More »Peter Frampton Details Memoir 'Do You Feel Like I Do?'
Peter Frampton has teamed up with former Rolling Stone editor Alan Light for a memoir, Do You Feel Like I Do?, set for release on October 20th. “This is my journey,” Frampton says in a statement. “All I ever wanted to do was play guitar and it’s taken me many …
Read More »Block Out an Hour for Arca's New Song
She’s back — and she’s terrible for SEO. The Venezuelan artist-producer Arca premiered her near hourlong song, “@@@@@,” now available for listening via Diva Experimental FM, a special collaboration with NTS Radio. It’s Arca’s first new music since releasing her eponymous 2017 LP, which was named one of Rolling Stone‘s …
Read More »Watch Eric Clapton and Roger Waters Honor Ginger Baker With 'Sunshine of Your Love'
Eric Clapton assembled an incredible roster of musicians on Sunday evening to honor the late Ginger Baker at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith in London: Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers, Ron Wood, Steve Winwood and Paul Carrack, along with Baker’s son Kofi. The show was centered around songs by Cream and Blind …
Read More »Forget Brass and Bombast: Billie Eilish's Understated Bond Theme Is a Song You Need to Know
What does James Bond sound like in 2020? Judging by “No Time to Die,” Billie Eilish’s new theme song for the 25th Bond film, he’s a little exhausted. And doesn’t that make a strange kind of sense? How does a martini-swilling, womanizing International Man of Mystery come out unscathed by …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Apologizes to Gayle King After Verbally Attacking Her for Discussing Kobe Bryant Rape Allegations
Snoop Dogg publicly apologized to Gayle King on Wednesday after he verbally attacked her on social media for bringing up the rape allegations against the late Kobe Bryant in an interview with WNBA’s Lisa Leslie. In an interview clip from CBS This Morning last week, King asked Leslie if she …
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