Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe has released the latest, and what will sadly be the last, of his September 21st celebration videos, set, of course, to Earth, Wind and Fire’s “September.” Adejuyigbe made the first of these videos in 2016: A clever one-minute skit where he danced around his home in a …
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$ilkmoney’s “My Potna Dem” is slithery and blown-out, with a whispery, chanted hook, intricate, snappy verses, and a guitar-like loop that could’ve been lifted from an Eighties power ballad. It has soundtracked more than 1.6 million videos on TikTok, and for a time was earning 650,000 streams a day. This …
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Chris Chaney have joined forces for new band NHC. The group have released a video for their new song “Feed the Cruel” as well as shared another song called “Better Move On.” The trio came together in …
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Little Simz has just spent an afternoon stranded on the side of a road in London when she logs onto Zoom. You wouldn’t be able to tell from her demeanor, though — she seems palpably unbothered. “It was just a whole thing,” she says, explaining how her driver got a …
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Camila Cabello performed an energetic version of “Don’t Go Yet” during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday. The song is the singer’s first single from her upcoming album, Familia, which is expected to arrive this year. Entering the stage with a black-and-white filter, Cabello …
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Rico Nasty appeared on NPR‘s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series to showcase a varied set list of new and old tunes. Performing with her all-female band, the rapper opened with recent single “Magic.” During the five-song set, Rico also dropped her breakout hit “Smack A Bitch,” as well as “Rage,” …
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Drake’s Certified Lover Boy arrived Friday with a track list that features songwriting credits for the sampling and interpolating of the Beatles’ “Michelle,” the Notorious B.I.G., Right Said Fred and, most controversially, R. Kelly. According to WhoSampled, Certified Lover Boy’s stripper ode “TSU” utilizes the same symphonic intro found in …
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Cody Jinks will return this fall with a pair of new albums. The Texas singer-songwriter’s latest country project Mercy (which follows 2019’s double dose of The Wanting and After the Fire) arrives November 12th, the same day his metal band, Caned by Nod, releases its album None the Wiser. Both …
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AmericanaFest has announced new safety guidelines for this year’s event in response to the Delta variant of Covid-19. All attendees will now be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test prior to entry to any of the festival’s concerts, showcases and panels. Masks are also encouraged …
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Jennifer Hudson delivered a striking performance of the aria “Nessun Dorma” at We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert. Joined by the New York Philharmonic, the Respect star belted the Giacomo Puccini opera tune to an audience of 60,000 people in Central Park. It was notably the same classical piece Aretha …
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