Julia Michaels was Wednesday night’s musical guest onThe Tonight Show, performing her new single “Lie Like This.” With social distancing measures still in effect on all the late-night programs and few live audiences to speak of, a lot of artists have taken to replacing their usual live performances with what …
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Sara Bareilles was the musical guest on Thursday night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert, performing the song “More Love,” which she wrote for the Apple TV Plus series Little Voice. Like all late-night performances during the Covid-19 pandemic, Bareilles and her band recorded a pre-taped performance in a separate space from the …
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Maren Morris won her first Female Vocalist of the Year award at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards and used her time onstage to honor the under-acknowledged legacy of black women in country music with an emotional acceptance speech. “There are some names in my mind that I want to give recognition …
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Superproducer Mike Will Made It has released a new song, “What That Speed Bout?!” boasting verses from Nicki Minaj and Youngboy Never Broke Again. The track finds Mike Will crafting a hard-hitting rhythm section on top of which sits a bunch of squirming synths that lend the beat a hypnotic …
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Ahead of the general election, Tinashe joined Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper on Rolling Stone‘s Useful Idiots podcast to discuss her recent political involvement during Covid-19 and this year’s Black Lives Matter protests. “This year has been kind of crazy for all of us,” the singer tells the hosts. “It’s …
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Taylor Swift has allowed a super PAC fronted by California Democratic representative Eric Swalwell to use her song “Only the Young” in a new political ad. The spot from Remedy PAC is aimed at boosting voter turnout, especially among young people, and opens with a quote from vice presidential candidate …
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Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy have dropped a rendition of Billie Eilish‘s “Wish You Were Gay.” The duo covered the When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? track with the help of the High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan. “Baby, I don’t feel so good/Six words you never understood,” Callahan …
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Singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman‘s 2020 debut, Old Time Feeling, made her one of Rolling Stone’s Artists You Need to Know. In this exclusive op-ed, the musician, who grew up in Hickman, Kentucky, writes about the upcoming election in her home state pitting Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic nominee Amy …
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Taylor Swift‘s Folklore returned to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The star boosted her sales by selling autographed CDs online. The set, which Swift released with little warning near the end of July, has now spent eight non-consecutive weeks at Number One. Folklore was …
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Jeff Tweedy performed three tracks from his just-released new solo album and talked about his efforts to stop royalty theft during the Wilco singer’s virtual visit to CBS This Morning. Performing from Chicago’s the Hideout venue for CBS This Morning’s weekly “Saturday Sessions,” Tweedy played three songs — “Bad Day …
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