Johnny Cash‘s childhood home in rural Arkansas, where the Man of Black lived from boyhood to high school, was added to the National Register of Historic Places Friday. The residence will now bear the designation of “Farm No. 266, Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.” Arkansas State University – which paid $575,000 …
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On their last set of records, Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Deer Tick Vol. 2, the Nashville-based, Rhode Island-bred band made peace with their dual sides: one acoustic and one electric, it showcased the breadth of their range and their ability to hop from somber folk one moment to raucous, …
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Lauryn Hill remixed her “Ex-Factor” with Drake‘s “Nice for What,” the hit single that samples The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill track, during the singer’s concert at New York’s Apollo Theater Tuesday. After playing her original rendition of “Ex-Factor” earlier in the concert, Hill later revisited the track during the encore …
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On April 6th, Drake released “Nice for What,” which flew promptly to the top of the Hot 100. The track earned attention for its prominent sample ofLauryn Hill‘s “Ex-Factor,” but the first voice on the single actually belongs to Big Freedia, the New Orleans artist and longtime proponent of a …
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It’s somewhat surprising that Vermont – a state whose main cultural exports include homemade Phish tapes, Bernie Sanders memes and Cherry Garcia ice cream – waited until early 2018 to pass legislation on recreational marijuana. The law might have been slow to arrive, but it’s groundbreaking, nonetheless. Vermont, which was …
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Reggae stalwarts Toots and the Maytals will crisscross the U.S. this summer, playing a series of shows on the West Coast and the northeast. The tour begins April 28th in San Bernadino, California and wraps up August 24th in Arlington, Virginia. In between, the band stops at several festivals, including …
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Charley Crockett knows the value of a good story. He’s been living one for most his life, a poor kid from south Texas whose ancestry traces back to Davy Crockett. He got his start busking on the streets of New Orleans and the subway platforms of New York City, but …
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Early Sunday morning, on the outskirts of Nashville, yet another young white American male wielded yet another AR-15 he should not have possessed, and committed yet another mass murder in yet another public place. While four more black lives were randomly blown to bits, and several others were saved in …
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Patti Smith, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame firebrand, punk-rock poet laureate and award-winning author, reminded the world of her legend status Monday night with a stunning, stirring mini-concert at New York’s Beacon Theatre with assists from Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe. The gig followed the world premiere of …
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Ariana Grande made a surprise appearance at Coachella to deliver the live debut of “No Tears Left to Cry” Friday night during Kygo‘s set. Hours after the single and video’s premiere, Grande hopped in a helicopter to Indio, California to perform her new single live during the festival’s second weekend. …
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