Mariah Carey revealed in an excerpt from her upcoming memoir that she secretly made an alternative rock album during the sessions for her 1995 LP Daydream. “Fun fact: I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream,” Carey tweeted Sunday. “Just for laughs, but it got me through some …
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Michael Ray‘s new song “Whiskey and Rain” is equal parts Ronnie Milsap and Gary Allan, a mix of the piano man’s Eighties swing and the Nineties lonesomeness of Allan’s Smoke Rings in the Dark. “It’s been nothing but a hangover trying to get over you,” Ray sings in a pronounced …
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This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of Rolling Stone’s newly updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. Prince‘s Purple Rain topped El-P‘s personal ballot and landed at number eight on the overall list. Here, the Run the Jewels rapper reflects on how the album changed him as …
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The Killers offered the NFL’s Raiders a Las Vegas welcome with a zestful halftime performance of “Mr. Brightside” on Monday Night Football. “Hello, we’re the Killers,” singer Brandon Flowers says in the clip, introducing the signature single from the Vegas band’s debut LP, 2004’s Hot Fuss. “It’s our pleasure to …
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Lady Gaga sat down with CBS Sunday Morning for an interview where the singer discussed her album Chromatica, her battles with depression and anxiety, her friendship with Elton John and her new book Channel Kindness. The face masked Gaga hosted the socially distanced chat from her Los Angeles home studio …
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The Wailers teach valuable lessons in the video for “Philosophy of Life,” a track featuring Paul Anthony from their new album One World. Written and co-directed by Emilio Estefan, the video features the band performing through various television sets, stacked on top of each other. A couple engages in a …
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Liz Phair is among several artists who participated in Twitter’s new #YourVoiceYourVote campaign, where artists use the platform’s voice tweet function to encourage voting. Many artists, including Dua Lipa, Kim Gordon and Spoon, recorded messages to get folks out to vote. Others, such as Phair and Christina Aguilera, performed a …
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Little Mix covered Harry Styles‘ “Falling” during their recent performance for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, where they also delivered a stripped-down version of their own single, “Holiday.” Over piano and guitar accompaniment, Little Mix — Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall — showcased their vocal chemistry …
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Alicia Keys was scheduled to release her latest studio album,Alicia, on March 20th of this year. But like many artists, she chose to delay the album — and its tour, originally scheduled to kick off in June — because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. She initially picked a May 15th …
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Just a day after Nick Cave covered T.Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer” on Late Late Show WithJames Corden,Joan Jett and the Blackhearts appeared on the show for a blistering rendition of “Jeepster.” Both recordings appear on the Hal Willner-produced comp Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. “She’s just …
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