After a series of protracted negotiations that threatened to derail any financial relief for millions of Americans, Congress passed a new Covid-19 relief bill Monday night that will include funding for independent music venues that have been closed throughout the pandemic. The bill will now move to the White House …
Read More »Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Anita 'Lady A' White?
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Anita “Lady A” White had a complex 2020. Beyond her quarantine, the Seattle Blues singer …
Read More »How Do Composers Score Music During a Pandemic? One Single Instrument At a Time
Ludwig Göransson was in the middle of scoring Tenet,Warner Brothers’ most anticipated film of the year, when the pandemic struck — not only pausing most of the film industry’s releases, but also keeping his entire orchestra sequestered, unable to get together in a room and rehearse or record together. With …
Read More »Mickey Guyton: Charley Pride 'Made It Possible for Me to Have a Career in Country Music'
Mickey Guyton never had the opportunity to meet Charley Pride in person but she says his groundbreaking role as a black singer of country music helped her to have her own career in Nashville. Pride died Saturday from complications related to Covid-19. Related: Charley Pride’s Essential Songs “Charley Pride means …
Read More »FTC and States Argue in Court to Break Up Facebook
The Federal Trade Commission, along with 46 states and two territories, has accused Facebook of being a “social networking monopoly” and purchasing competitors, like Instagram and WhatsApp, to maintain their monopoly. The allegations were outlined in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. “For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and …
Read More »In 'Red White, and Blue,' Steve McQueen Exhibits One of His Most Exciting Modes as a Director: Cool Anger
The confused, frightened, complying face of a young black boy as two Metropolitan police stop, search, and humiliate him on the street: This is one of the first things we see in Red, White, and Blue, the third in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe pentalogy, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. …
Read More »Hear Britney Spears' Previously Unreleased Track 'Swimming in the Stars'
RCA Records has unearthed a previously unreleased Britney Spears track, “Swimming in Stars,” to celebrate the pop star’s 39th birthday. Spears recorded “Swimming in the Stars” during the sessions for her 2016 album, Glory, and the track was written by Matthew Koma, Dan Book, and Alexei Misoul. It boasts a …
Read More »Surprise! Dozens Test Positive for Covid-19 After Swingers' Convention
The sex industry has evolved to the challenges put forth by the coronavirus pandemic in creative ways, whether it be by launching Instagram strip clubs or password-protected Zoom circle-jerks. Yet transitioning intimacy over to the digital realm is admittedly pretty difficult, and even though cases are once again climbing across …
Read More »Watch Four Sheryl Crows Cover Tom Petty's 'You Don't Know How It Feels' on 'Fallon'
Sheryl Crow paid tribute to Tom Petty on Wednesday’s Tonight Show with a cover of “You Don’t Know How It Feels.” For the outdoor performance, the singer first performed the song solo on acoustic guitar and harmonica before she’s joined — thanks to some clever editing — by other Sheryl …
Read More »How to Watch the 2020 American Music Awards
The 2020 American Music Awards will air live from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater on Sunday, November 22nd on ABC beginning 8 p.m. EST/PST. The year’s event — which will adhere to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines — features performances by Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber (both separate and together), …
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