City Winery will livestream its 20th annual Passover variety show, Downtown Seder, Monday, April 6th, with appearances from Perry Farrell, Max Weinberg, Lewis Black and more. The show will start at 6 p.m. ET and will be available to stream via the City Winery website. The show will loosely fit …
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Ahead of the release of their latest album Look Long, Indigo Girls take a backward glance to a simpler time with the new track “When We Were Writers.” The sweetly melodic, gently rolling tune was penned by the duo’s Emily Saliers, reflecting the two years she studied at New Orleans’ …
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Logan Ledger takes a stripped-down approach to his song “Starlight” in a newly released video, turning the rockabilly-tinged number into a yearning acoustic ode. Previously released as a single in 2019, “Starlight” will also appear on the California native’s upcoming self-titled debut album, which was produced by T Bone Burnett. …
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Country singer Joe Diffie has released a statement through his publicist that he has tested positive for COVID-19. “I am under the care of medical professionals and currently receiving treatment. My family and I are asking for privacy at this time. We want to remind the public and all my …
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The White Buffalo tees up issues of insecurity and fear and then resolves them all, in under five minutes, in the ambitious new track “Problem Solution.” It’s a majestic yin-and-yang composition and is the latest release from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album On the Widow’s Walk. “This is a song in …
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With his bottle-blond mullet, tacky shirts, and this-close-to-offensive catchy songs (like “Pretty Woman Lover”), zookeeper-country singer Joe Exotic looks and sounds like he emerged from country’s less-polished past. And for that, as quarantined viewers who are as captive as Exotic’s own lions and tigers, we’re oh-so grateful. The narcissistic star …
Read More »#StayHomeForOzzy: Ozzy Osbourne's Daughter Kelly Launches COVID-19 Social Media Campaign
Kelly Osbourne wants to see your best Ozzy Osbourne impression. The rocker’s daughter issued a call for people to post their rendition of the Prince of Darkness while using the hashtag #StayHomeForOzzy to spread awareness for social distancing and self-isolation. “Both of my parents are high-risk especially my dad,” she …
Read More »Kent State 50th Commemoration Event Canceled in Response to COVID-19 Virus
UPDATE 3/23: The Kent State University benefit concert has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. A virtual commemoration will take place instead; details will be announced shortly. David Crosby and Joe Walsh will headline a benefit concert at Kent State University to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the massacre. …
Read More »How the Luck Reunion Pulled Off Its Most Emotional Year Yet – With No Crowd
The eighth annual Luck Reunion was supposed to draw around 4,000 people to Willie Nelson’s Texas ranch this week, with a lineup that included Nelson, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, and more. Those plans, of course, went out the window due to COVID-19. Instead of canceling altogether, …
Read More »Want to Make an R&B Hit in 2020? Try Sampling Usher
Usher has been mostly quiet for the better part of four years. He has released a dud here, a solid single there. But since R&B is less interested in the vocal acrobatics, washboard abs, and lithe dance moves that are this star’s stock and trade, he appears content to sit …
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