The premise of talk therapy centers on giving a person the space to discuss and process their innermost feelings, fears and desires with a mental health expert in a professional setting. Though great in theory, in some situations, the uniquely intimate relationship between a therapist and their client can go …
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Neil Young had already decided to release Tuscaloosa — a primo live set documenting a hot February, 1973 gig with his then-current band the Stray Gators — when Alabama’s current governor signed a new anti-abortion law on May 15, and when GOP sleazebag Roy Moore threatened to re-up his Senate …
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Elvis Costello has been awarded an O.B.E. – the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire – for his contributions to music as part of the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours List. “I am happy to accept this very surprising honour,” Costello wrote in a long statement Friday. …
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Santana launched their career half a century ago with a cover of Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji’s “Jingo” and now, for their 25th album, they’ve created a love letter to Africa. Although Africa Speaks sounds undeniably like a Santana album, with Carlos’ fiery guitar bursts and reedy-voiced singer Buika’s Spanish-language exclamaciones, …
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On Wednesday, Tanya Tucker released the new song “The Wheels of Laredo,” the first taste of her upcoming album While I’m Livin’, which was produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings. Later the same day at the 2019 CMT Music Awards, Tucker was joined by Carlile, Jennings and an all-star …
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Rock royalty Joan Jett joined legendary punks Bikini Kill onstage Tuesday night, for a live performance of their anthemic 1993 single, “Rebel Girl.” Set in Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, it was the band’s seventh stop on their prodigious reunion tour. Bikini Kill delivered nothing short of a thunderous performance in Brooklyn …
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David Lynch will receive an Honorary Oscar at the 2019 Governors Awards, scheduled for Sunday, October 27th at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. Actor Wes Studi and filmmaker Lina Wertmuller will also earn Honorary prizes, and Geena Davis will accept the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In a …
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Likely to the annoyance of many on the left, Bill Maher volunteered to coach-up the 2020 Democratic presidential field during his New Rules segment on HBO’s Real Timeon Friday night. Maher has argued for some time now that Democrats in general are much too apt to argue amongst themselves and …
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“What’s a to-do list?” Francis Ford Coppola asks, and there’s a long, pregnant pause on the end of the phone line before he answers his own question. “It’s a list of things that you don’t really want to do, or even think about. Everyone you know makes these lists. But …
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There have been times throughout Bruce Springsteen’s career when California has called. He named a song for the state after his parents moved there in 1971, and he’d return to it, in life and writing, repeatedly, chasing his dreams like Steinbeck’s Tom Joad.Western Stars (out June 14th) is the latest …
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