Madonna continues to capitalize upon the recent viral success of a remix of “Frozen,” this time tapping New Jersey-based rapper 070 Shake for a haunting reimagination of the hit 1998 single. Built around the original Sickick remix of the track that became a TikTok hit last year, Shake’s ethereal take …
Read More »'I Can Sound Like Whatever I Want and Look Like Whatever I Want': How Miranda Lambert Made Her Own Kind of Country
Miranda Lambert is not used to sitting still, so a few months into pandemic quarantine she and her husband, former NYPD officer Brendan McLoughlin, bought a shiny silver Airstream and headed up the East Coast from Nashville. They made “campfire casserole,” a specialty of Lambert’s dad, drank wine on the …
Read More »Elton John Announces Final 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' North American Tour Dates
Elton John has announced the final shows for the North American leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which run through November. The 11 new tour dates include additional shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Foxborough, Massachusetts; Phoenix, Arizona; Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. A third …
Read More »'West Side Story' Star Ariana DeBose Breaks Barriers Winning Best Supporting Actress Oscar
Ariana DeBose was named Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story remake, becoming the first openly queer woman of color to take home an acting Oscar. In her acceptance speech, DeBose, 31, described herself as “an openly queer woman of color, an Afro-Latina, …
Read More »Dozens of L.A. Sheriff Deputies Alleged to Be 'Tattooed Members' of 'Law Enforcement Gangs'
The gang scandalwithin the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has flared up again, with the county’s top watchdog accusing LASD brass of stonewalling its investigation into tattooed gang members within the department, and the department accusing the inspector general of an “unhealthy obsession to attack” the LASD. The controversy has already …
Read More »Courtney Barnett Heads 'Here and There' on Touring Fest Featuring Sleater-Kinney, Japanese Breakfast
Courtney Barnett will play with some of her favorite artists during her touring festival, “Here and There,” set to launch later this summer. The singer-songwriter will be joined by acts such as Japanese Breakfast, Wet Leg, Chicano Batman, and Sleater-Kinney on different stops of the trek. Other artists featured on …
Read More »Mashup Maestro Girl Talk Is Back With a New Album — And This Time He Had to Clear His Samples
To finish his first album in 12 years, Girl Talk had to do something he’d never done before. Not just from a creative standpoint, though Full Court Press — a collaborative album with Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA, and Big K.R.I.T. out April 8 via Asylum/Taylor Gang — is a marked …
Read More »Woman Arrested on Manslaughter Charge After Shoving and Killing Kathleen Hanna's Singing Coach
UPDATE (3/22): A Long Island woman turned herself in and was arrested on a manslaughter charge in the death of Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern, NBC New York reports. Lauren Pazienza, 26, turned herself into the NYPD one day after Gustern’s death was classified as a homicide. Authorities had …
Read More »Muscadine Bloodline Stayed Off the Road to 'Create the Demand.' The Country Duo Finally Return on New Tour
Muscadine Bloodline know their fans have some expectations of the duo’s live shows. There are certain crowd-pleasing numbers they don’t dare omit. “We have some diehards we’ve built over the last few years,” lead guitarist and vocalist Gary Stanton says. “If we don’t play ‘Porch Swing Angel’ at the end …
Read More »Lizzo Reaches Settlement Over 'Truth Hurts' Songwriting Credits
The legal back-and-forth related to plagiarism claims over Lizzo‘s hit song “Truth Hurts” has come to a close. On Friday, a federal judge officially moved to dismiss the lawsuit after attorneys from both sides stated the parties had reached an agreement. No terms of the deal were shared, and each …
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