If you’re going by the bare facts alone, Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden is strictly for Charles Mingus completists. The new five-CD set includes nearly four hours of previously unreleased live material by the legendary bassist, all recorded on a single night in February 1973 …
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Neko Case meditates on the colossal damage human beings have wreaked on Earth –from environmental devastation to animal extinction –with her profound “Last Lion of Albion” video. Using handcrafted puppets and props, director Laura Plansker frames the clip around the tearjerking journey of the titular lion, who glides through a …
Read More »Watch Robyn Belt Dramatic 'Missing U' on 'Jools Holland'
Robyn delivered a powerful rendition of her Honey single “Missing U” during an appearance on Later… With Jools Holland Tuesday.Robyn releasedHoney this month, marking her first album in eight years. Robyn’s rendition of “Missing U” was packed with plenty of tension as she belted the song’s anguished lyrics in her …
Read More »Pharrell Williams Sends Legal Warning to Trump Over Rally's Use of 'Happy' After Pittsburgh Shooting
Pharrell Williams sent a legal warning to Donald Trump after the singer’s “Happy” was played at the president’s political event in Indiana Saturday, a rally held just hours after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. “On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged …
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Troye Sivan had launched his entertainment career as an actor, but once his music took off over the past few years, he wasn’t sure when he would have time to return to acting. He did know, however, the role that would get him back onscreen would have to be something …
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With his debut LP, Hell on an Angel, due out later this week, Kentucky country singer Dillon Carmichael readies for its release with a live acoustic rendition of the two-stepping track “Country Women.” Cut at Ocean Way Studio A in Nashville, Carmichael — the nephew of country stars Eddie Montgomery …
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These recordings from Isbell’s recent run at country music’s Mother Church add up to a kind of live greatest-hits, a collection wrought from exacting attention to writing craft and the sort of soul-searching that couldn’t have always been comfortable. Sure, it’d be nice to have included “Decoration Day,” his signature …
Read More »Britney Spears Announces New Las Vegas 'Domination' Residency
Britney Spears will return to Las Vegas for another residency at a new locale. The pop singer announced the news with an extravagant livestream from Las Vegas via Ellen DeGeneris’ YouTube channel on Thursday. Dubbed Britney: Domination, it will take place at the new Park MGM’s Park Theater and it …
Read More »See Morgan Evans' Loop-Savvy 'Kiss Somebody' on 'Today'
Morgan Evans needed only an acoustic guitar, a microphone and his trusty loop pedal for his debut on NBC’s Today show, where he performed his hit “Kiss Somebody.” The Australian country singer gives one of his signature performances, building his track on the fly, one part at a time. He …
Read More »Hear Beatles' Previously Unreleased, Acoustic 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'
The Beatles’ White Album has been blowing minds since 1968 — but this weirdest of Beatle masterpieces is about to get weirder. The new Super Deluxe Edition, which arrives on November 9th, tells the epic story of the album that nearly tore them apart — including a previously unheard version …
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