Justin Nobel is writing a book about oil-and-gas radioactivity for Simon & Schuster. This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit Economic Hardship Reporting Project In 2014, a muscular, middle-aged Ohio man named Peter took a job trucking waste for the oil-and-gas industry. The hours were long — he was …
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After embarking on their first tour in seven years earlier this year, Tom DeLonge’s Angels & Airwaves will return to the road this winter for another stretch of North American dates. The latest 18-date jaunt kicks off December 4th in Phoenix, Arizona, and concludes January 26th in Norfolk, Virginia. Along …
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A month before Woodstock 50 was announced, the festival was already in deep trouble. Last December, Michael Lang, the co-founder of the original 1969 event who had become its bemused-hippie symbol in subsequent decades, was in talks with an upstate New York racetrack for a fest that would mark the …
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A few days ago, Margo Price‘s husband, Jeremy, and her seven-year-old son, Judah, discovered a moonshine barrel on a hill behind their brand-new home, located 20 minutes from downtown Nashville. “I went, ‘I gotta see this. I can’t be left out,’ ” Price says, milling around her retro wooden kitchen in …
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Cardi B, Bruno Mars,Lady Gaga, Kesha, SZA,Pink, Childish Gambino and Little Big Town will perform at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place January 28th at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Other newly revealed performers include Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid (who teamed for “1-800-273-8255”) and …
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The top country radio artists of 2017 have been announced in a yearly set of lists based on data tallied by Mediabase, which measures nationwide radio airplay on stations. Blake Shelton has been identified as both the year’s most-played male and overall artist, based in large part on his two …
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When Tom Petty died on Monday at age 66, the leader of the Heartbreakers left behind a catalog of songs essential to classic rock. But whether he intended it or not, he also had an enormous impact on today’s country music. His jangly guitar sound and classic song structure is …
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