Tonight, President Trump officially kicks off his 2020 re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando. It’s sure to be a raucous event, with not a word – or not a serious word, anyway – about the biggest challenge of our time: climate change. Few places in America have more at …
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Just ahead of the September 15th premiere of the eight-part PBS documentary Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns, Legacy Recordings will unveil musical highlights from the 16-and-a-half-hour series with a deluxe five-CD set spanning the history of the genre. The impressive track list represents artists featured in each …
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M.I.A. was among the artists recognized for their “services to music” by the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours List and, like fellow honoree Elvis Costello, the rapper will accept the honor thanks in part to her mother. On Saturday, the rapper born Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter of Sri Lankan Tamils, received …
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R&B is wallowing in its past: It feels like nearly every commercially successful R&B single at the moment is built on a prominent sample or a conspicuous interpolation of an old hit. It’s not the act of sampling itself that’s troubling. The sampler is one of the more extraordinary inventions …
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UPDATE: Hootie and the Blowfish, Marshmello and Steve Aoki have been added to the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup. Actor and singer Darren Criss and K-pop outfit Monsta X have also been tapped as special guests. The iHeartRadio Music Festival will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas …
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The new Broadway musical comedy Beetlejuice is surprising audiences with its distinct adaptation of the Tim Burton movie that has become a beloved cult classic. (Read our review.) With a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King and music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, and directed by Alex Timbers, it’s …
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The National Rifle Association is accusing its longtime public relations firm of “fomenting” an “executive coup” attempt, and the gun group is suing the agency for $40 million in damages, alleging a “total breach of contract” in the wake of what it calls “misleading, defamatory” leaks of confidential documents. The …
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Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22 is one of the greatest anti-war satires ever written. With their six-part Hulu miniseries adaptation, George Clooney and Grant Heslov have nailed the anti-war part. The satire? Well, that’s the catch. Clooney and Heslov executive-produced this new version, with each directing a pair of episodes …
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Peter Frampton has shared his rendition of B.B. King‘s classic “The Thrill Is Gone,” one of blues staples the guitarist tackles on his upcoming covers LP All Blues. The Peter Frampton Band’s faithful cover of “The Thrill Is Gone” features renowned slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and features a trio of …
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A vigil for school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo, who died while trying to stop two gunmen from STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, broke out into cries of protest when high school students accused some speakers at the vigil of exploiting their grief for political ends. On Wednesday evening, nearly …
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