Like his longtime friend and collaborator John Prine, folk-country tunesmith Steve Goodman got his professional start in Chicago, penning advertising jingles during the day while working in clubs and bars at night. Goodman’s perspicacious songwriting, which he injected with a deft sense of humor and keen observations about the human …
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Kim Petras veers into moody trap-pop with her new song “All I Do Is Cry.” The singer-songwriter vents about heartbreak throughout the track, which — in contrast to her other, more club-friendly singles — recalls the emo-rap vibe of Juice WRLD. “I need you more than air/I see you everywhere,” …
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Wearing an Atlanta Braves jersey, with her auburn hair tucked under a visor, Faye Webster cuts a distinct figure for an indie-folk singer-songwriter. She’s the kind of person you wish would crash your summer barbecue, where she’d probably hang out in the corner, spinning a yo-yo and coolly surveying the …
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Madonna has staged many of the most successful arena tours in the history of live music, so it was no small surprise earlier this month when she announced that her upcoming Madame X tour would exclusively hit theaters. Every single tour she’s ever done back to 1985’s The Virgin Tour …
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The upcoming film Echo in the Canyon captures the creative explosion that happened in Southern California in the mid-Sixties, with Jakob Dylan interviewing heroes like Tom Petty, Michelle Phillips, Brian Wilson and more. “The music that came out of the Laurel Canyon scene was inspiring to my generation of songwriters,” …
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On Friday, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace made news by merely stating the obvious while giving his take on an interview with Attorney General Bill Barr that aired on the same network. The part that stood out to most was when Wallace said, “What really comes across to me most …
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With echoes of Bob Dylan going electric at Newport in 1965, RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 3 champ and UNHhhh host Trixie Mattel has updated her sound from the plaintive acoustic folk of celebrated releases Two Birds and One Stone. On Friday, she shifted into upbeat power pop with the …
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Ali Wong and Randall Park play friends with romantic baggage in the new trailer for Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy film that debuts May 31st on Netflix. Wong and Park portray childhood friends Sasha and Marcus, who reconnect in San Francisco after Sasha makes a name for herself …
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Related: How States Like Alabama Protect Rapists Over Women and Girls Hours after the Alabama State Senate passed a measure that would ban abortion almost entirely in the state, Lady Gaga labeled the decision a “travesty” in a pointed tweet. “It is an outrage to ban abortion in Alabama, period, …
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The Cure have unveiled the lineup for Pasadena Daydream Festival, which they will headline and also curated. The one-day event takes place on August 31st at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The new event will feature Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses, the Joy Formidable, Chelsea Wolfe, the …
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