Alicia Keys appears in a new video campaign that calls for the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor to be fired and arrested. Launched by the group Until Freedom, the campaign is centered around a question Keys asks at the start of the video: “Do you know what …
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The protest movement that has erupted during the past few weeks in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of former Minneapolis police offer Derek Chauvin is unlike anything America has seen since the Sixties. Sure, there have been numerous large-scale marches and political demonstrations since that time, …
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Days after sharing a 2019 solo acoustic rendition of “Southern Man” and telling his fans that “it’s time for real change, new laws, new rules for policing,” Neil Young has written a lengthy opinion piece on his website titled “Hope” in which he elaborates on his feelings about this moment …
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Loneliness has always had a place in pop music, from “Are you lonesome tonight?” to “My loneliness is killing me.”What else are songs, if not a way for artists to reach out across the vast stretches of space and time that separate them from their listeners? A great song can …
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The Eagles, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Linda Ronstadt, and others appear in the new trailer for Laurel Canyon, a docuseries airing in two parts on Epix, May 31st and June 7th at 9 p.m. ET. Directed by Allison Ellwood — who recently worked on The Go-Go’s and the 2013 critically …
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Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performed a cover of Midnight Oil’s 1987 song “Beds Are Burning” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‘s #PlayAtHome music series. For their rendition, Kidjo and her socially distanced band offered up a decisively funky take on the synth-tinged Eighties rocker. While the song is about …
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Dressed in male drag, Rina Sawayama‘s night of drinking alone takes a turn in the video for “Bad Friend.” The track appears on her self-titled debut album Sawayama. The black-and-white video opens with Sawayama dressed like a sullen businessman sitting at a bar alone. The solo character proceeds to order …
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Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy have officially postponed their massive Hella Mega stadium tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hopefully this doesn’t come as a surprise,” the bands wrote in a joint statement on Instagram, “but as much as we were all looking forward to seeing you all …
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Katy Perry has released an anthemic new single titled “Daisies.” It tees off her fifth album cycle, preparing fans for her as-yet-untitled new LP’s release this summer. “Daisies” is a booming, empowering song about the strength of the human spirit in the style of her hit “Roar.” The bright track …
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It’s not a very bold statement to say that the 2020s have gotten off to a less-than-awesome start. We’re not even six months into this decade, and the U.S. is already seeing historic unemployment figures and a second Great Depression right on the horizon — not to mention the fact …
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