Mariah Carey unveiled an understated new pop gem with a crystal clear message, “GTFO.” The track is set to appear on Carey’s next album, which is expected to arrive later this year. “GTFO” boasts an atmospheric slow jam groove from producer Nineteen85, who laces gauzy synths over a tick-tock drumbeat. …
Read More »Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson Cancel Weekend Shows Amid Hurricane Florence Threat
With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Atlantic coast, a number of country artists have canceled weekend concert plans ahead of the storm. Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson have called off their upcoming shows in the area in anticipation of dangerous weather conditions. According to the band’s Twitter, Zac …
Read More »Hear Margo Price Call Out Imitators in New Song 'The Leftovers'
Margo Price has been taking the songs from her 2017 album All American Made to new heights live lately. On Tuesday, Price shared her first piece of new music since releasing her excellent second album. The song, “The Leftovers,” comes as part of Amazon Music’s new “Produced By” series, which …
Read More »Jamil Smith: Barack Obama Needs to Talk About Voter Suppression
If Barack Obama is the professor behind the podium, Donald Trump is the class clown sitting in the back, loudly yawning for effect. Obama emerged last Friday from a self-imposed political exileto levy his most direct and cogent criticism of Trumpism to date. The current president’s only response was that …
Read More »Toronto Film Festival 2018: 'A Star Is Born' Is Damn Near Perfect
You can probably think of a few cover versions of songs off the top of your head that you like as much as, or maybe more, than the originals: There are the obvious ones, and the obscure ones, and the velvet-roped V.I.P. section reserved for “Hallelujah” and Dylan’s body of …
Read More »Jimmy Bennett's Team Calls Latest Asia Argento Claims 'Ludicrous'
The attorney for actor Jimmy Bennett has responded to Asia Argento’s statement earlier this week that she was the victim in their May 2013 sexual encounter, and thatshe won’t “permit” any future payments of a settlement that was arranged in response to Bennett’s claim that she sexually assaulted him when …
Read More »Kane Brown Details New Album 'Experiment'
Kane Brown gets adventurous with Experiment, the upcoming follow-up to the singer-songwriter’s self-titled 2016 debut. According to USA Today, Experiment finds Brown working once again with Dann Huff, the producer and longtime guitar hero who helped turn Brown’s self-titled release into a platinum-selling success. Due out November 9th, Experiment picks …
Read More »Anonymous White House Official Undermines Trump in New 'NYT' Op-Ed
Though President Trump wants you to believe otherwise, the White House is very much in chaos. A day after excerpts from Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book about the Trump administration revealed that several key officials don’t trust the president, the New York Times has published a similarly critical op-ed from an …
Read More »On the Charts: BTS Capture Second Number One With 'Love Yourself: Answer'
BTS, the first K-pop group ever to top the Billboard 200, established some more chart history as their new albumLove Yourself: Answer debuted at Number One. Love Yourself: Answer, which arrives just three months after BTS hit Number One with Love Yourself: Tear, sold 185,000 total copies in its first …
Read More »Review: Kacey Musgraves, Huey Lewis and More Pay Tribute to Genre-Busting Country Icon Roger Miller
Genre borders weren’t a thing for Roger Miller, a songwriting phenomenon and enthusiastic smoker who died of lung cancer in 1992. He’s best known for his‘65 hit “King of the Road,” which topped the country charts here, the pop charts in England and Norway, and would be covered years later …
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