Multiple women recount the sexual, mental and physical abuse R. Kelly forced them to endure in this exclusive clip from the upcoming Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly. “I felt like my silence allowed it to continue,” Kitti Jones, who shared her story with Rolling Stone for an article titled “Surviving …
Read More »'Jem and the Holograms': An Eighties Rock Cartoon's Truly Outrageous Legacy
By day, Jennifer Turner works in law enforcement in Vancouver. But on this particular late August weekend, she’s in Cleveland, attending JemCon, an annual gathering for devotees of the colorful Eighties cartoon Jem and the Holograms. Turner’s fandom runs deep. She grew up with a single father who supported her …
Read More »Hear Randy Houser's Stunning New Song 'No Good Place to Cry'
Randy Houser returns to bluesy big-voiced ballads like his 2008 breakout hit “Anything Goes” and the 2010 album cut “Somewhere South of Memphis” on his new song “No Good Place to Cry,” a track off his upcoming LP Magnolia. The Mississippi native recently released the song by setting it to …
Read More »Linda Ronstadt to Release Concert Album 'Live in Hollywood'
Linda Ronstadt‘s extraordinary genre-hopping career encompassed more than two dozen studio LPs and several greatest-hits compilations but one format that had been missing from her discography until now was a live album. On February 1st, Rhino will issue Live in Hollywood, featuring 12 performances handpicked by Ronstadt from a 1980 …
Read More »Flashback: Radiohead Open for Alanis Morissette in 1996
After somehow getting passed over last year in their first year of eligibility, Radiohead are finally going to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t have much to say about the honor when it was announced this morning. “The members of Radiohead have been …
Read More »Avril Lavigne Mourns Relationship in New 'Tell Me It's Over' Video
Avril Lavigne has released the soulful relationship post-mortem “Tell Me It’s Over.” This marks the second new song offHead Above Water, out on February 15th. On the song, Lavigne wonders if a relationship is actually done since the break-up still doesn’t feel real to her. It’s a soulful, retro-pop sound …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign Indicted on Felony Drug Possession Charges After Atlanta Arrest
Ty Dolla $ign has been indicted on felony drug possession charges stemming from the hitmaker‘s Atlanta-area arrest on September 5th. Grand jury documents obtained by Rolling Stone reveal that the rapper-singer born Tyrone Griffin Jr. faces charges of felony cocaine possession, felony possession of Schedule I controlled substance and a …
Read More »Global Citizen's Nelson Mandela Tribute Brings in Pledged Total of $7 Billion
Following Sunday night’s Global Citizen Festival in South Africa, the anti-poverty initiative reportedly raised over $7 billion in commitments — seven times the group’s original projected goal of $1 billion. According to an impact report on Global Citizen’s website, the concert won pledges from organizations such as the World Bank, …
Read More »See Josh Turner, Sonya Isaacs Cover Hank Williams' 'I Saw the Light' at Grand Ole Opry
There are two places where country hitmaker Josh Turner no doubt feels most at home. One is in the realm of gospel music and the other is the Grand Ole Opry. Turner has been an official Opry member since October 2007 and recently returned to Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the …
Read More »Flashback: Cher's Forgotten 1975 Cover of Neil Young's 'Mr. Soul'
It’s been a pretty big week on the Cher front. Not only did she receive the Kennedy Center Honors alongside Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter and the creators of Hamilton, but her Broadway musical The Cher Show opened on Monday night. The show received fairly mixed reviews, but most …
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