When Austin Jenckes made his Grand Ole Opry debut in June, the Duvall, Washington, native had only expected he’d be performing two songs: “We Made It,” the track that opens his new album If You Grew Up Like I Did, and “If You’d Been Around,” a deeply personal ballad about …
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Chance the Rapper revealed that he voiced the character Bush Baby in the Jon Favreau-directed, live-action remake of The Lion King. The rapper said Donald Glover, who voiced the older Simba, recommended him to consult on the film, and one thing led to another. Chance took to Instagram to unveil …
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Update:The town of Vernon, New York denied Woodstock 50’s beleaguered organizers second request for a permit to hold the festival at the Vernon Downs Casino and Hotel yesterday, according to Syracuse.com. The decision came in less than 24 hours after Woodstock 50 resubmitted the application. “Time does not permit me …
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Eric Swalwell is passing the torch… back to the olds. The California congressman, who argued that a younger generation politicians is needed to aggressively tackle issues like gun violence, the student debt crisis and “climate chaos,” became the first candidate to exit the crowded Democratic primary field on Monday. His …
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Lloyd Cole released a video for “Violins,” the single off his new electronic album Guesswork, out July 26th via earMUSIC. “My first official video in six years,” Cole tweeted. “I’m very excited about this one.” “I might just stop breathing/I might just stop keeping time/With the violins,” Cole sings against …
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It’s not an understatement to say that it’s kind of stressful to read the news. As our various social media feeds scroll with updates regarding the unspeakable horrors of 2019, there remains a green lining: weed is (finally, slowly, sort of) becoming legal. In early May, the Alabama Senate voted …
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Scooter Braun is a high-powered music manager in charge of the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande who recently bought Taylor Swift’s former label Big Machine (and master recordings) for around $300 million. Scooter Brown is a Texas country singer who is a 2017 Rolling Stone Artist You Need …
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No show in the Peak TV era has leaned harder into the “this isn’t a TV show; it’s an XX-hour movie” attitude than Stranger Things. The horror pastiche’s nostalgic Eighties references are all to movies (or, occasionally, books that were turned into movies) of the period from the likes of …
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Chuck Mead roars back with a blast of rocking honky-tonk, Erin Enderlin pours a potent whiskey and Cobie Caillat’s new band Gone West make their debut in this week’s list of the best country and Americana tracks. Sam Williams, “Gemini” Hank Williams Jr.’s 22-year-old son bridges the gap between astrology …
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As Pride Month draws to a close, a troubling report from the Southern Poverty Law Center blog HateWatch sheds light on a possible uptick in threats against transgender people. According to the post, the SPLC has witnessed a significant uptick in threats against transgender people during Pride Month. Although it …
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