The late Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar performed slow, unraveling ragas on the rudra veena, a classical, low-register, double-gourd instrument that was eventually supplanted in popularity by the bass sitar. Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley – an enthusiast of both raw bootlegs and drones of all shapes – has unearthed two Eighties …
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Rita Ora has dropped the lush video for her controversial single “Girls.” Earlier this month, LGBTQ artists and fans criticized Ora and the track’s featured artists —Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX — for the song’s lyrics. The clip opens with Ora in a Grecian scene of blonde women …
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Two teenagers – one poor and one rich, one black and one white, one boy and one girl, one powered by darkness and the other by light – become one unstoppable crimefighting duo. That’s the basic brief on Cloak and Dagger, the young heroes set to be the next stars …
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Taylor Swift delivered a speech in support of Pride Month and the LGBTQ community Saturday during the singer’s Chicago concert. “It’s very brave to be vulnerable about your feelings in any sense, in any situation, but it’s even more brave to be honest about your feelings and who you love …
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Heart‘s Ann Wilson will release a new solo album, Immortal, filled with covers that honor late musicians such as David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Tom Petty. The record arrives September 14th via BMG. The Immortal track list features songs like Petty’s “Luna,” Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” and Cohen’s “A …
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The remarkable hip-hop alchemy of Rammellzee is explored in a new short documentary, Rammellzee:It’s Not Who But What, from director Oscar Boyson. The Safdie brothers helped produce the film, which was released by Red Bull Arts New York in conjunction with the exhibit RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: RACING FOR THUNDERand closed the Red …
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Following the release of his sophomore album Bloom on August 31st, Troye Sivan will begin a headlining North American tour. Kim Petras will open for the entire trek, with Leland and Charlie Hanson joining for select dates. Sivan’s tour kicks off September 21st in Irving, Texas and runs until November …
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Country music meets glam rock and sci-fi in Little Big Town‘s new video for their harmony-rich remake of the Elton John classic “Rocket Man.” In the clip, a young boy leaves his home dressed in Elton-inspired garb to bicycle through town on an unknown mission. Along the way he encounters …
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Senate Bill 1693, commonly referred to as SESTA/FOSTA, is a new federal law aimed at curbing sex trafficking by holding online platforms accountable for the content their users post. And since the legal definition of sex trafficking is consistently conflated with consensual adult sex work, several websites that advertised in-person …
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Jake Owen and Cole Swindell have been added to the nightly lineup of concerts at Nissan Stadium during CMA Music Festival, joining a list of performers that includes Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton and more. Owen is scheduled to play Friday, June 8th, the same night as Underwood and …
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