Leon Russell, On A Distant ShoreThe farewell album from storied songwriter and musician Leon Russell is his “most unflinching yet,” writes David Browne.Read Our Review: Leon Russell’s On a Distant Shore Is a Powerful Posthumous GoodbyeHear: Amazon Music Unlimited | Apple Music | SoundCloud Go | Spotify | Tidal The …
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Tool‘s Maynard James Keenan discussed the importance of community for creative pursuits in the third installment of Revolver‘s web series, “The Art of Work.” “You live in a world with lots of different people – that communication, that commerce, is important,” Keenan explained. “There’s many things you can’t do on …
Read More »St. Louis Mayor Denounces Police Officers for Taunting Chant
St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson publicly disapproved of the taunting chants of “Whose streets? Our streets!” that several police officers were caught shouting at protesters Sunday night. During a press conference Tuesday, Krewson admitted, “I wish that wouldn’t have been said. That’s not appropriate for police officers to say.” She …
Read More »Patti Smith Named 2017 John Lennon Real Love Award Honoree
Patti Smith will receive the John Lennon Real Love Award at the Theatre Within’s 37th Annual John Lennon Tribute, taking place December 1st at Symphony Space in New York City. During the show, Smith will perform a set comprising her favorite Lennon and Beatles tunes, while an array of artists …
Read More »Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello to Lead Leonard Cohen Tribute in Montreal
Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello, Sting, Philip Glass and Feist are among the artists that will perform at a Leonard Cohen tribute concert scheduled for the anniversary of the music legend’s death. The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, k.d. lang, Damien Rice, Patrick Watson and Cohen’s son Adam Cohen …
Read More »Watch Rodney Crowell's 'Tobacco Road' From John D. Loudermilk Tribute
As classic American songs go, songwriter John D. Loudermilk’s gritty “Tobacco Road” is among the most revered and widely recorded, with the hard-charging 1964 hit version by a band of Brits called the Nashville Teens setting the pace. Among the dozens of others who have since recorded it are Jefferson …
Read More »See Maren Morris' Ska-Infused 'Rich' on 'Fallon'
Maren Morris‘ 2016 LP Hero has its fair share of kiss-offs, none of which are more swaggering than “Rich.” Wednesday night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Grammy winner turned up the attitude even further with the addition of a horn section for a ska-infused version of the …
Read More »John Carpenter Returns to Filmmaking With 'Christine' Video
John Carpenter returns to filmmaking after a seven-year absence with his new music video for “Christine,” an instrumental off the director upcoming compilation Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998. A reimagining of Carpenter’s 1983 horror film – based on a Stephen King novel about a possessed vehicle – the “Christine” video features …
Read More »Exclusive: David Gilmour Talks Stunning New Pompeii Concert Film
David Gilmour is reclining on a greenroom couch inside a large cineplex in London’s West End. He looks relaxed in a blue blazer and sneakers, his brown flight bag tossed in a corner, but tonight he has much to be excited about. In a few hours, the movie theater will …
Read More »'It': Meet the Man Behind Killer Clown Pennywise
Slobbering wasn’t originally part of the Pennywise plan. “This will sound really bizarre,” explains Bill Skarsgård, the gentleman behind the iconic razor-toothed clown in the new big-screen adaptation of Stephen King‘s It. “But I was just sitting there going through the scenes in different voices – and I was drooling …
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