Randy Newman, via video, discussed his new quarantine love song “Stay Away” on CBS Sunday Morning. The song was borne out of Newman’s assignment to pen a social distancing public service announcement for Los Angeles, but eventually grew into a love song for his wife Gretchen. “I had an idea, …
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In honor of Rolling Stone’sClimate Crisis issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the world …
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All 12 of the jurors in the Roger Stone case have expressed fear in court filings on Wednesday. They worry they will continue to be harassed and they fear for the safety of themselves and their families if their identities are revealed. According to The National Law Journal, jurors cited …
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Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck shared a heavy take on John Lennon‘s “Isolation,” which marks the pair’s debut single as a duo after they spent the past few years working on music together behind the scenes. The tune finds the pair transforming Lennon’s tidy piano rocker into a moody, bluesy …
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Soul veteran Don Bryant has released “Is It Over,” the second offering from his forthcoming album You Make Me Feel. The album is a follow-up to Bryant’s triumphant 2017 return-to-form Don’t Give Up on Love, his first record in nearly a half-century. Bryant, 78, co-wrote every song on the new …
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Happy 88th birthday to music icon Loretta Lynn, born this day in 1932, in the tiny coal-mining community of Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Lynn, who immortalized “Butcher Holler” in her autobiographical 1970 single “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” arrived in Nashville in the early Sixties, appearing on the Grand Ole Opry for the …
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Ron Louie would do anything to catch a couple of songs. Last fall, the country and roots music superfan persuaded his wife, Janine, to take a trip to Alabama to see Jason Isbell, one of his all-time favorite artists, headline a festival in Isbell’s hometown. After a full weekend of …
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The Black Eyed Peas have teamed up with Puerto Rican superstar Ozuna and newcomer J. Rey Soul in their upbeat new reggaeton-house single, “Mamacita.” Recorded in English and Spanish, the new song comes paired with an ultrachic music video by Director X, set at a colorful, tropical resort hotel straight …
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Phoebe Bridgers delivered one of the more unique late-night quarantine performances, setting up in her bathroom for a rendition of her new song “Kyoto” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday. Fittingly dubbing the session, Live From the Lavatory, Bridgers appeared in her bathtub and performed the wistful and meditative tune on …
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Bill Withers was my first true idol. His debut album, Just As I Am, came out in May 1971, four months after I was born. When I first heard his songs, either on the radio or on my dad’s records, I knew that I was hearing something different. His music …
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